Osan-si, Arbitrary Application of Building Permits and Personnel Standards... Gyeonggi-do Detects 55 Cases

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Osan City in Gyeonggi Province was found to have changed the promotion appointment criteria without the resolution of the Personnel Committee. It was also confirmed that building permits were issued exceeding the allowable floor area ratio standards.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 2nd that through a comprehensive audit of Osan City conducted from March 2 to 8, 55 cases of improper administrative handling by Osan City were detected, including issuing building permits exceeding the allowable floor area ratio standards without following implementation guidelines and changing promotion appointment criteria without the resolution procedure of the Personnel Committee.

Regarding the detected cases, Gyeonggi Province took administrative actions including 27 warnings and 24 corrections, and recovered 1.943 billion KRW. Additionally, it requested Osan City to take personnel disciplinary actions against 30 related individuals.

Among the major detected cases, Osan City official A changed the key personnel standard, the promotion appointment criteria, without obtaining the resolution of the Personnel Committee and the approval of the appointing authority, the mayor. Furthermore, A applied the criteria immediately without the one-year grace period stipulated in the regulations.

Osan City official B, while calculating the floor area ratio for office facilities in a general industrial area, failed to properly review the Building Act and district unit plan implementation guidelines, resulting in the approval of construction exceeding the allowable floor area ratio standards.

During this audit, Gyeonggi Province also confirmed issues such as incorrect input of difficulty coefficients in bid announcements during construction projects, which led to incorrect selection of successful bidders, and cancellation of successful bidder decisions without justifiable reasons during academic research service bids, followed by re-announcements and contracts with other companies.

Lee Hee-wan, Gyeonggi Province’s Chief Auditor, stated, "Although we pointed out illegal and improper administrative handling in this comprehensive audit of Osan City, we exempted three cases where officials acted proactively. We will continue to boldly exempt proactive administration for the public interest and foster a public service culture that works actively."

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