Mayor Yeom Tae-young "All-out Effort to Secure Authority Suitable for Suwon Special City"

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yeom Tae-young, mayor of Suwon, stated, "We will make every effort to secure the authority necessary to bring about substantial changes befitting the scale of Suwon Special City."

In his policy speech at the 2nd regular session of the Suwon City Council on the 17th, Mayor Yeom emphasized, "The ultimate goal of Suwon Special City is to secure authority commensurate with the city's size and administrative capacity to enhance residents' welfare," adding, "The Special City should be an important means for the happy lives of Suwon citizens."

He continued, "The Suwon Special City, launching on January 13 next year, will open a new era of citizen autonomy with greater authority and responsibility," and predicted, "Each step Suwon Special City takes will present a new path for a decentralized autonomous nation."

He also said, "Next year, Suwon will shed the burden of being a 'grant-receiving entity' and transition to a 'non-grant-receiving entity,' regaining financial sovereignty in just two years," adding, "The direction of Suwon City's financial management in 2022 will focus on fulfilling promises made to citizens to successfully conclude the 7th elected term and continuously strive to restore fiscal soundness."

The scale of Suwon City's budget for next year is 2.8773 trillion won, an increase of 214.6 billion won compared to this year. The general account is 2.5716 trillion won, up by 216.3 billion won from this year, while the special account is 305.7 billion won, down by 1.7 billion won from this year.

Mayor Yeom presented the 2022 policy directions as follows: ▲ Securing future growth engines to realize the livelihood economy ▲ Realizing welfare based on inclusive recovery in an era of great transformation ▲ Implementing behavior change policies for a sustainable future environment ▲ Realizing a local community guaranteed safety and health ▲ Building a fast and flexible digital innovation government.

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