Seoul Jung-gu Submits First Supplementary Budget Proposal for 2024

Supplementary Budget of 7.3 Billion KRW Formulated to Restore Unfairly Cut Funds from Previous Main Budget Deliberations
Supplementary Budget Proposal Quickly Prepared in Response to Budget Restoration Requests from Local Representatives Including the Autonomy Committee
Will Do Our Best to Secure Supplementary Budget to Prevent Any Harm to Residents

Jung-gu, Seoul (Mayor Kim Gil-seong) has prepared the first supplementary budget of 7.3 billion KRW this year by reflecting the project budgets that were unfairly cut during the recent main budget review.

The district government has taken residents' demands to "restore the livelihood budget" seriously and plans to strongly urge the district council to restore the budget to its original state.

Residents have pointed out that the district council reviewed and approved the budget in an unreasonable manner. Actions such as "splitting" ongoing projects that maintain residents' peaceful daily lives and cutting essential expenses that undermine stable organizational operations have caused anxiety among residents. In response, the district has strongly protested to the Jung-gu Council, including requesting reconsideration for legally essential projects directly related to livelihoods, such as waste disposal fees.

Additionally, from the beginning of the new year, resident representatives such as community autonomy committee members have been strongly demanding budget restoration through meetings with the mayor. Judging that the seriousness felt by residents is significant, the district prepared the supplementary budget proposal as early as possible.

The district submitted the supplementary budget proposal to the district council on the 12th. The main contents of this supplementary budget include:

▲ Waste import fees for facilities such as the Mapo Resource Recovery Facility (1.5 billion KRW), and operating expenses for the Cultural Foundation providing cultural and artistic benefits to residents (500 million KRW), which are essential expenses directly related to residents' lives and were subject to the council's reconsideration request (5 projects, 4.43 billion KRW),

▲ Projects for managing local infrastructure such as road facility maintenance costs (200 million KRW) and repair and reinforcement costs for aging public parking lots (340 million KRW) (5 projects, 1.16 billion KRW),

▲ Operating expenses for various facilities such as Jung-gu and Jungnim Welfare Centers (130 million KRW) and small-scale repair costs for daycare centers (30 million KRW) (5 projects, 210 million KRW),

▲ Projects with significant benefits to residents such as personnel expenses for the Clean Coordinator resident job project (390 million KRW), development costs for customized urban planning information services for residents (50 million KRW), and expert preliminary review service costs related to the relaxation of Namsan height restrictions (30 million KRW) (12 projects, 770 million KRW),

▲ Promotion-related budgets to inform residents about the district’s abundant policies, including publication costs for Jung-gu Plaza (50 million KRW) and video content production costs (86 million KRW).

Kim Gil-seong, Mayor of Jung-gu, said, “Jung-gu is always ready to be a reliable support for residents, but if the budget is not restored, it will cause disruptions in smooth district administration. We will do our best to secure the livelihood budget that was cut in this year’s main budget through this supplementary budget to ensure that residents do not suffer any damage.”

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