Suncheon-si Sets Next Year's Budget at 1.3782 Trillion Won, a 7% Increase from the Previous Year

Focused Allocation on Daily Recovery, Regional Economic Revitalization, and Current Projects

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Heo Seok) announced on the 22nd that it submitted the 13.782 billion KRW budget for next year to the Suncheon City Council on the 19th.

The general account of the 2022 budget proposal submitted by the city is 1.1817 trillion KRW, an increase of 93.5 billion KRW compared to this year, while the special account is 196.5 billion KRW, a decrease of 2.4 billion KRW.

This is a total increase of 7.08% (91.1 billion KRW) compared to the original budget of 1.2871 trillion KRW this year.

Among the general account resources, the autonomous (self-generated) resources were set at 209.6 billion KRW.

The largest portion of autonomous resources is local tax revenue, which is 160 billion KRW, with automobile tax increasing by 5.6 billion KRW and local income tax by 4.4 billion KRW, resulting in an overall increase of 14.5 billion KRW compared to this year's original budget.

Non-tax revenue, such as admission fees, decreased by about 300 million KRW compared to this year, totaling 49.5 billion KRW, and compensation income was set at 22.1 billion KRW.

Transfer resources supported by the state and others increased by 77.1 billion KRW from last year to a total of 950 billion KRW.

Regarding local allocation tax, it increased by 40 billion KRW to 440 billion KRW, adjustment grants increased by 7.5 billion KRW to 34 billion KRW, and national and provincial subsidies increased by 29.6 billion KRW to 476 billion KRW.

By sector, 430.1 billion KRW was allocated to social welfare and health, 154.4 billion KRW to agriculture, forestry, marine and fisheries, 111.7 billion KRW to culture, tourism and education, 85.9 billion KRW to land and regional development, 84.6 billion KRW to environment and small and medium industries, 79.3 billion KRW to public administration and safety, 69 billion KRW to transportation and logistics, and 166.7 billion KRW to others and reserves.

By detailed projects, to revitalize the local economy such as job creation, 6.2 billion KRW was allocated for support of Suncheon Love Gift Certificates issuance, 3.4 billion KRW for Jeonnam Youth Toon job projects, and 2.4 billion KRW for social enterprise job creation projects. For the successful hosting of the 2023 Suncheonman International Garden Expo, 5.9 billion KRW was allocated for expo infrastructure development, 5.5 billion KRW for national garden botanical garden creation and production projects, 4.8 billion KRW for national garden permanent nighttime landscape production projects, and 3 billion KRW for future garden creation projects.

In the culture, tourism, and sports sectors, 3 billion KRW was allocated for cultural city creation projects, 3.8 billion KRW for the old downtown cultural station project, 6.4 billion KRW for the construction of the Eoulim Sports Center, 5 billion KRW for the construction of Shindae and Ocheon libraries, and 1.4 billion KRW for the creation of the Jeongyujaeran historical experience learning center.

To realize warm welfare shared together, 111.8 billion KRW was allocated for basic pensions, 14.4 billion KRW for disability activity support benefits, 24.8 billion KRW for infant childcare fee support, and 18.7 billion KRW for child allowance support. For competitive agriculture and rural areas, 21.5 billion KRW was allocated for public direct payment projects, 8.7 billion KRW for agricultural and fishery public service allowances, 3.4 billion KRW for organic fertilizer support projects, and 3.5 billion KRW for maintenance of village roads and irrigation/drainage channels in eup, myeon, and dong areas.

For a safe and comfortable city for all, 6.9 billion KRW was allocated for Haeryongcheon local stream maintenance projects, 4.6 billion KRW for smart green city creation, 3.2 billion KRW for intelligent transportation system expansion projects, and 2.1 billion KRW for youth 100-won city bus support.

In response to climate change and fine dust, 9 billion KRW was allocated for electric vehicle and electric cargo vehicle distribution projects, 3.2 billion KRW for early retirement support projects for old diesel vehicles, 3 billion KRW for fine dust blocking forest creation, and 2.7 billion KRW for exhaust reduction device attachment support projects.

Mayor Heo Seok of Suncheon said, “The 2022 budget, which is a transition period to With-Corona, was focused on allocation for daily life recovery and revitalization of the local real economy, successful promotion of the 2023 Suncheonman International Garden Expo, realization of warm welfare, fostering competitive agriculture and rural areas, and completion of pending projects.”

Meanwhile, the budget proposal submitted to the Suncheon City Council this time is scheduled to be reviewed by the standing committee and the special budget and settlement committee and finalized by resolution at the plenary session on the 21st of next month.

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