Yongin Selects 10 'Excellent Proposals' from Citizens' Policy Suggestions

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Yongin Special City announced on the 14th that it has selected 10 'excellent proposals' from policy suggestions submitted by citizens.

The city operates a 'proposal system' to expand opportunities for citizen participation.

The proposal that received an Encouragement Award with the highest score is the 'Efficient response plan for buy-back rights arising from land acquisition for public projects' submitted by two city civil servants.

This proposal aims to prevent lawsuits and audits resulting from buy-back rights that arise when the government or local government purchases privately-owned land for public purposes but does not use the land for projects within five years.

The proposal calls for improvements to administrative system functions so that officials in charge can verify the reasons and timing for land buy-backs. The actual operations department submitted this proposal to the managing agency of the Saenuri administrative system's public property program, and the proposal received favorable evaluation as some of the proposer's opinions were reflected.

Other proposals that received Encouragement Awards include 'Improvement of corporate account verification procedures in the local tax information system' and 'Enhancement of large waste disposal registration functions'.

Seven proposals received Effort Awards: 'Introduction of water outage notification text message system', 'Operation of youth Kim Dae-geon Path forest hiking program', 'Issuance of Korean and Chinese translation stickers on pay-as-you-throw trash bags', 'Provision of heated seat guidance notices at bus stops', 'Provision of youth policy packages when issuing resident identification cards', 'Preparing convenience and promotion measures for the disabled at public sports facilities', and 'Development of specialized areas around the Gireung Lake walking path'.

The evaluation was conducted on 722 proposals received through the city's website citizen proposal section, the general proposal section in the National Petition Portal, mail, or in-person visits from September 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022.

Complaints, simple suggestions, and proposals deemed similar to existing systems or generally difficult to apply were excluded. Thirteen proposals selected by operations departments through preliminary screening were presented to the '2022 Second Half Proposal Review Committee', which conducted final review and selected those scoring 61 points or above.

The city awards Gold Award for scores of 95 points or above, Silver Award for 88 to below 95 points, Bronze Award for 81 to below 88 points, Encouragement Award for 71 to below 81 points, and Effort Award for 61 to below 71 points, with prizes ranging from 100,000 won to a maximum of 5 million won depending on the score.

The Proposal Review Committee consists of 12 members including private sector experts, city council members, and senior civil servants, and evaluation is conducted once each in the first and second half of the year.

A city official stated, "We will actively reflect excellent proposals in city administration, and we plan to take into account the valuable opinions of citizens for proposals not adopted this time as well."