Gochang-gun Selects 3 Outstanding Public Officials for Proactive Administration

Gochang-gun, Jeonbuk selected three “Outstanding Public Officials for Proactive Administration in the First Half of 2023” (1 Best, 1 Excellent, 1 Encouragement) and awarded certificates of commendation.

According to the county on the 4th, Kim Seong-geun, team leader of the Water and Sewage Business Office, who was selected as the best, linked the pretreatment facility of the Bokbunja Agricultural Complex with the expansion project of the Heungdeok and Buan public sewage treatment facilities, merging overlapping facilities such as the coarse screen and sludge treatment equipment, saving 9.2 billion KRW in budget.

From the left, Team Leader Kim Seong-geun, Officer Lee Seung-gi, Officer Lim Eun-ji.
[Photo by Gochang-gun]

Team leader Kim sought understanding regarding the termination of the usage agreement with the existing tenant companies of the Bokbunja Agricultural Complex and the pretreatment facility company.

He was also highly praised for actively striving to resolve issues, such as relocating the project site in response to complaints from village residents about the expansion of the Heungdeok and Buan public sewage treatment facility sites.

Lee Seung-gi, administrative officer of Haeri-myeon, who was selected for the excellent case, promoted projects at eight locations in five villages with recovery culverts in areas where there was concern about soil runoff or flooding damage during heavy rains, resolving many long-standing village complaints and contributing to increasing the satisfaction of residents with county administration.

Lim Eun-ji, administrative officer of the New Vitality Economic Policy Office, who was selected for encouragement, took the lead in remodeling the character store within Seonunsan Provincial Park to open “Youth 1st Street,” a hub space for specialized distribution and sales of youth-produced products.

Through the online and offline publication of the “Youth Magazine,” she also helped greatly increase youth income by establishing a promotional channel to present youth success models and promote products.

County Governor Shim Deok-seop said, “Through the selection of outstanding public officials for proactive administration, we will continue to strive to create a flexible and creative public service culture and carry out practical proactive administration that residents can feel.”

Meanwhile, the county actively promoted work to improve convenience and satisfaction for residents through regulatory innovation, improving the quality of public services, and resolving complaints and conflicts, and selected three outstanding public officials for proactive administration through recommendations from residents and departments, followed by deliberation and resolution by the working committee and personnel committee.

Incentives such as additional points in work performance evaluations and priority selection for domestic and overseas training will be provided to the selected candidates, and especially, the best employee will be additionally awarded the highest grade (S) of performance bonus.

The selected outstanding cases will be produced as card news and casebooks and actively promoted to employees and residents.

Gochang = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jae-gil baekok@asiae.co.kr

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