Yongin Special City: Heads of Public Institutions to Step Down When Mayor's Term Ends

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun] Going forward, the terms of heads of public institutions under Yongin Special City will automatically end before the new mayor takes office.

This is based on a proposal by Yongin Special City Mayor Lee Sang-il aimed at preventing wasteful controversies that repeatedly arise every four years when local elections are held—disputes between the new mayor and public institution heads appointed by the previous mayor over their tenure and fate.

According to the city on the 24th, the 'Partial Revision Ordinance Regarding Operations of Investment and Donated Institutions of Yongin City'—which contains provisions to align the terms of heads of public institutions under the city with the mayor's term—passed the plenary session of the 268th Yongin City Council's 2nd regular session on the 23rd.

With the enforcement of the revised ordinance, the terms of institution heads, which were previously determined separately for each subsidiary public institution, will be unified to two years, and reappointment will be allowed.

However, when a new mayor is elected, the terms of the institution heads appointed by the previous mayor will automatically end before the new mayor's term begins.

The ordinance applies to heads of six institutions: the Yongin Volunteer Center, Yongin Youth Future Foundation, Yongin Scholarship Foundation, Yongin Cultural Foundation, Yongin Football Center, and Yongin Industry Promotion Agency.

The presidents of Yongin Urban Development Corporation and the director of Yongin Policy Research Institute, whose terms are separately stipulated under relevant laws such as the Local Public Enterprise Act and Local Research Institute Act, are excluded from the ordinance's scope.

A city official stated, "By aligning the terms of heads of subsidiary institutions with the mayor's term as the appointing authority, we expect to prevent unnecessary personnel conflicts and enable the sharing of the new mayor's philosophy and vision, thereby enhancing the efficiency and stability of city administration."