Mayor Yeum Tae-young of Suwon, "Let's Unite to Secure Fiscal Autonomy for Local Governments"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Mayor Yeum Tae-young of Suwon urged local national assemblymen to "unite efforts so that the second phase of fiscal decentralization can proceed in a direction that allows local governments to practically secure fiscal autonomy."

Mayor Yeum stated on the 15th at the "Suwon Regional 2021 Second-Quarter Party-Government Policy Consultation Meeting" held in the main conference room of Suwon City Hall, "Next January, the 'Suwon Special City' will be launched, and the most important thing to secure authority befitting a special city is practical fiscal decentralization," adding "Please actively cooperate to secure special city authority and implement the second phase of fiscal decentralization."

The consultation meeting was attended by Mayor Yeum Tae-young, Representatives Kim Jin-pyo (Suwon District Wu), Baek Hye-ryeon (Suwon District Eul), Kim Young-jin (Suwon District Byeong), and Kim Seung-won (Suwon District Gap), Gyeonggi Province Council Chairman Jang Hyun-guk, Suwon City Council Chairman Jo Seok-hwan, Suwon City First Deputy Mayor Jo Cheong-shik, and Second Deputy Mayor Cho Mo-young.

Mayor Yeum stated, "On May 31st, owners of businesses in 'Eunhasu Village' (the sex trade district near Suwon Station) voluntarily closed their establishments, and the sex trade district disappeared after 60 years," adding "I am grateful to all those who paid attention and made efforts to bring about this closure."

Representative Kim Young-jin said, "There were many difficulties, but the sex trade district near Suwon Station has finally been closed," urging "Please ensure that the area where the sex trade district was located does not deteriorate into a slum, and establish and carry out urban planning well."

Representative Kim Jin-pyo stated, "Now is the time to seriously prepare for the 'post-coronavirus era,'" requesting "Let Suwon City, representing local governments nationwide, demonstrate leadership in the post-coronavirus era."

Representative Baek Hye-ryeon expressed hope, "As vaccine inoculation progresses at a rapid pace, we should be able to achieve herd immunity in the not-too-distant future."

The participants in the policy consultation meeting discussed major issues in Suwon City including ▲Completing the special city by securing substantive administrative authority ▲Completing 'Suwon as a Cultural City' ▲Construction of the new Suwon Paldalgu Police Station ▲Measures following the closure of the sex trade district near Suwon Station, and agreed to actively cooperate to ensure projects proceed smoothly.

Suwon City and local national assemblymen signed a "Policy Cooperation Organization and Working-level Cooperation Meeting Operating Agreement" in May 2016, and since 2019 have regularly held policy coordination meetings once per quarter and working-level meetings once per month, sharing information and strengthening cooperation.