The Conclusion of the 251st Jinju City Council Extraordinary Session
31 Ordinances and Consent Bills Processed at the 2nd Plenary Session
The Jinju City Council in Gyeongnam held the 2nd plenary session of the 251st extraordinary meeting, passing 31 items including 21 ordinances and 10 consent items, concluding the six-day legislative schedule.
The main ordinances included ▲ Jinju City Sports Marketing Support Ordinance (Councilor Jeong Yonghak and 8 others) ▲ Partial Amendment to the Ordinance on the Organization and Operation of the Jinju City Sports Promotion Council (Councilor Jeong Yonghak and 8 others) ▲ Complete Revision of the Ordinance Supporting the Jinju City Autonomous Crime Prevention Unit and Foreign Honorary Police Unit (Councilor Yoon Seonggwan and 12 others) ▲ Partial Amendment to the Ordinance on Enhancing Safety in the Use of Personal Mobility Devices in Jinju City (Councilor Oh Kyunghoon and 10 others), all of which were approved as originally proposed following the standing committee review. ▲ The Jinju City Public Project Management Ordinance (Councilor Park Mikyung) was amended and approved with the addition of a clause requiring reporting of public projects to the council through standing committee or full council meetings.
During the plenary session, Councilor Lee Gyuseop also conducted a city administration inquiry. He urged Mayor Cho Gyu-il to actively prepare measures for the normal advancement of the Southern Inland High-Speed Railway project in Jinju City, which has recently faced unavoidable construction delays.
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The Southern Inland High-Speed Railway, scheduled to begin construction in 2024 and complete in 2027, has encountered strong local opposition after it was revealed that an additional 1.9 trillion KRW in project costs would be required. The Ministry of Strategy and Finance announced it would re-examine the project's appropriateness. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport expects the review to take approximately nine months.
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