Uiwang City Holds First Meeting of 8th Local Community Welfare Representative Council

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Uiwang City held the first meeting of the 8th Local Community Welfare Representative Council at City Hall on the 22nd.

The meeting was attended by Kim Sang-don, Mayor of Uiwang City and public member chair of the Local Community Welfare Council, along with 24 appointed members of the representative council.

Newly appointed members included Kwak Tae-hyung, director of the Uiwang branch of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, Lee Ho-seok, director of the Uiwang City Youth Training Center, Ma Jun-sung, head of the Women and Youth Division at Uiwang Police Station, and Han Myung-ho, director of the Uiwang branch of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation.

The council also conducted in-depth deliberations on the implementation results of the 2020 annual local community welfare plan, the council’s business financial settlement, and the 2021 budget and 2020 annual implementation results.

The 2020 annual implementation results notably included 69 detailed projects comprising 5 promotion strategies and 19 priority projects carried out with 17.8 billion won invested from the city budget last year under the goal of ‘building a social welfare platform centered on openness and sharing.’ The results also encompassed ongoing monitoring outcomes, operational improvements, and outstanding cases of public-private cooperation.

Mayor Kim Sang-don stated, “I extend my gratitude to the members newly appointed as members of the 8th representative council,” and urged, “Based on your professional expertise and experience, I hope you will provide constructive advice so that we can fulfill a pivotal role in promoting local community welfare.”