Boseong-gun Decides 1.4% Increase in Monthly Allowance for County Council Members in 2023

The 2023 Monthly Fixed Allowance Confirmed at 22.01 Million Won per Year, 300,000 Won Higher Than This Year

[Boseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Cheon-seok] Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that on the 11th, it held a council remuneration review meeting in the small conference room of the county office and decided to increase the council members' remuneration by 1.4% for next year.

With this increase, the monthly fixed allowance for 2023 was confirmed at 22.01 million KRW annually, which is 300,000 KRW higher than this year. The increase rate applied was the same as this year's civil servant salary increase rate (1.4%).

It was agreed that the monthly fixed allowance to be paid from 2024 to 2026 will apply the previous year's civil servant salary increase rate.

The activity allowance will be paid within the scope defined in Article 40, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1, Appendix 5 of the Local Autonomy Act. Accordingly, including the annual monthly fixed allowance and activity allowance, the total remuneration for council members was confirmed at 35.21 million KRW, which will be applied from January next year.

The remuneration is determined by ordinance within the amount decided by the local council remuneration review committee according to Article 40 of the Local Autonomy Act, and consists of a monthly fixed allowance for duties and an activity allowance for collecting and researching council materials.

Committee member A said, "When deciding this remuneration, we comprehensively considered factors such as population growth rate, financial capacity, local civil servant salary increase rate, and local council activity performance to determine a reasonable remuneration that the residents can understand."

Boseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Cheon-seok hss79@asiae.co.kr

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