Uiwang Mayor Kim Sang-don: "Next Year, We Will Lay the Foundation for a Sustainable Development City"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Uiwang Mayor Kim Sang-don revealed the city's 2021 administration direction through his policy speech at the 272nd Uiwang City Council 2nd Regular Session on the 1st, stating, "Next year, through communication and harmony, we will lay the foundation for developing into a sustainable development city."

Prior to explaining the 2021 budget proposal, Mayor Kim expressed gratitude to the citizens of Uiwang, saying, "Despite the difficult situation caused by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, I offer my sincere thanks to the citizens of Uiwang who trusted the city and united their efforts in quarantine and overcoming crisis," extending his appreciation to 160,000 Uiwang residents.

In particular, Mayor Kim presented a vision for next year's city administration direction, committing to do his best in creating △an energetic economic city overflowing with good jobs △a welfare city where all citizens are happy and life is warm △an education-leading city spearheading innovative education △a clean and safe city with well-equipped urban infrastructure △a cultural city where all citizens enjoy and maintain good health △an open administrative city that continuously communicates and empathizes with citizens.

Mayor Kim then stated, "If the city and citizens together trust and believe in overcoming this difficult time now, we can definitely overcome the crisis," and added, "The city will concentrate all administrative resources to protect citizens' safety, and will do our very best with complete dedication and commitment going forward."

Meanwhile, in his explanation of next year's budget proposal, Mayor Kim said, "The general account will be 426.3 billion won, and the special account including public enterprise special account will be 81.7 billion won. For the general account revenue sector, local taxes, non-tax revenues, and local transfer taxes are expected to be 194 billion won, a 3.5% decrease from this year, and national and provincial subsidy grants are projected to increase by 10.8% to 141.2 billion won compared to this year."

Furthermore, he stated, "The 2021 budget is allocated to △social welfare sector 179.8 billion won △transportation and logistics sector 39 billion won △environment sector 29.5 billion won △land and regional development sector 19.4 billion won △culture and tourism sector 16.4 billion won △health sector 15.3 billion won △education sector 12.9 billion won, and we have also allocated a total of 30 projects and 3.3 billion won in 'citizen participation budget' including the Morak Park remodeling project."