Hapcheon-gun Decides on 1.4% Increase in Next Year's County Council Allowance

Resolution on Applying Civil Servant Salary Increase Rates from 2023 to 2026 at the Uijeongbi Deliberation Committee

Hapcheon County Office, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam Province, held the 2nd Deliberation Committee on Council Members' Allowances and announced on the 17th that it decided to increase the monthly fixed allowance for Hapcheon-gun council members by 1.4% next year and maintain the legislative activity expenses at the legal maximum of 13.2 million KRW.

With this increase, the council members will receive a total of 34.66 million KRW next year, consisting of a monthly fixed allowance of 21.46 million KRW, which is about 280,000 KRW higher than this year's 21.18 million KRW, plus legislative activity expenses of 13.2 million KRW.

The Deliberation Committee on Council Members' Allowances reached a consensus to raise next year's monthly fixed allowance by the same rate as this year's civil servant salary increase, comprehensively considering factors such as the population of Hapcheon-gun, financial conditions, the civil servant salary increase rate, and the performance of the council's legislative activities.

Additionally, it was resolved that the monthly fixed allowance for the three years from 2024 to 2026 will be increased annually by the civil servant salary increase rate.

The legislative allowance consists of a monthly fixed allowance paid for the duties of local council members and legislative activity expenses necessary for collecting legislative materials and research, and it is paid evenly every month.

The decisions made at this deliberation meeting will be notified to the Hapcheon-gun mayor and the chairman of the Hapcheon-gun council by the 28th and will be finally implemented through amendments to the Hapcheon-gun council ordinance.

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