Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young: "I Will Commit All Efforts to Securing Authority for Suwon Special City"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young stated, "I will commit all efforts to securing the authority necessary to bring about substantive change befitting the scale of Suwon Special City."

During a municipal address at the 363rd Suwon City Council Regular Session held on the 17th, Mayor Yeom emphasized, "The ultimate goal of Suwon Special City is to secure authority that matches the city's scale and administrative capacity and to promote residents' welfare," and said, "The special city must become an important means for the happy lives of Suwon citizens."

He continued, "Suwon Special City, which will launch on January 13 next year, will open an era of citizen autonomy at a higher level with greater authority and responsibility," and predicted, "Each step that Suwon Special City takes will present a new path for a decentralized autonomous nation."

Mayor Yeom Tae-young also stated, "Next year, our city will shed the shackles of being a 'subsidy-receiving entity' and transition to a 'non-subsidy-receiving entity,' recovering fiscal sovereignty in two years," and added, "The direction of Suwon City's fiscal management next year is to complete promises with citizens, successfully conclude the 7th popular election term, and make sustained efforts to restore fiscal soundness, thereby supporting a stable first step for the 8th popular election term."

The total budget for Suwon City in 2022 is 2.8773 trillion won, an increase of 214.6 billion won from this year. The general account is 2.5716 trillion won, an increase of 216.3 billion won from this year, while the special account is 305.7 billion won, a decrease of 1.7 billion won from this year.

Mayor Yeom Tae-young presented the following as the 2022 municipal policy directions: ▲Realization of livelihood economy by securing future growth engines ▲Realization of welfare based on inclusive recovery in an era of great transformation ▲Implementation of behavioral change policies for a sustainable future environment ▲Realization of regional communities where safety and health are guaranteed ▲Establishment of a fast and flexible digital innovative government.