Gwangju City Council Approves Next Year's Main Budget and This Year's Supplementary Budget Proposal

Approval of 43 Items Including Administrative Audit and General Agenda
Finalization of 2024 Operational Plan Schedule

Gwangju City Council concluded all its scheduled sessions for this year with the closing of the 329th regular meeting on the 13th. During the 43-day session, the council reviewed and approved the administrative audit, the 2025 budget proposal, and the supplementary budget for 2024. Photo by Gwangju City Council

The Gwangju City Council (Chairperson Shin Su-jeong) concluded all scheduled sessions for the year on the 13th with the closing of the 329th regular meeting.

During the 43-day regular meeting, the council conducted administrative audits of Gwangju City, the Office of Education, and affiliated organizations. They processed a total of 43 agenda items, including seven budget proposals such as the 2025 general and special account budgets and the 2024 second supplementary budget, 27 ordinances, eight consents, and one recommendation. The ordinances reviewed by standing committees included one by the Operations Committee, ten by the Administration and Welfare Committee, three by the Environment and Safety Committee, seven by the Industry and Construction Committee, and six by the Education and Culture Committee.

This year’s administrative audit was conducted from the 1st to the 14th of last month, targeting 91 institutions including Gwangju City, the City Office of Education, and agencies approved by the plenary session, resulting in 641 administrative demands and 293 proposals.

The scale of the 2024 second supplementary budget for Gwangju City, deliberated and approved during the second regular meeting, increased by 84.7 billion KRW from the previous year to 7.8617 trillion KRW, while the City Office of Education’s budget decreased by 95 billion KRW to 2.8874 trillion KRW. The fund operation change plan was approved as originally proposed.

The total size of the 2025 Gwangju City budget proposal increased by 700.1 billion KRW from the previous year to 7.6043 trillion KRW, and the City Office of Education’s budget proposal rose by 193.4 billion KRW to 2.8752 trillion KRW. The city’s fund operation plan for next year was approved as amended, and the City Office of Education’s plan was passed as originally proposed.

On this day, Councilor Seo Im-seok asserted in a “five-minute speech” during the plenary session that “the honorary citizenship certificates of the People Power Party lawmakers who colluded in the internal rebellion should be revoked.”

In his closing remarks, Chairperson Shin Su-jeong stated, “I hope that the impeachment of Yoon Seok-yeol, who tarnished the nation’s dignity and plunged the country into crisis by abruptly declaring martial law on the 3rd, will be realized, and that the year of Eulsa will be a year of new beginnings and development.”

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