Guri City Holds Second Meeting of Citizen Evaluation Committee for 8th Term Election Pledges

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Guri City held the '2024 First Session of Pledge Projects Citizen Evaluation Committee Second Meeting' on the 6th at the situation room on the 3rd floor of City Hall to evaluate 8th term election pledge projects.

The Guri City Pledge Projects Citizen Evaluation Committee was organized in July of last year and plays a role in ensuring faithful implementation of pledge projects through △deliberation of supplements and changes to pledge project implementation plans, △evaluation of pledge project performance and implementation status, and △recommendations for improvements related to pledge project implementation.

In the first meeting held on the 23rd of last month, the citizen evaluation committee received reports on the overall status and progress of the 8th term election pledge projects, and held a time for explanation and question-and-answer regarding adjustment target projects.

In the second meeting, final deliberation was conducted on adjustment details of pledge projects based on the results of the first meeting, and all 6 adjustment target pledge projects, including the establishment of the Galmae International Children's Daycare Center, were approved as originally proposed.

The city is pursuing a total of 143 pledge projects for the 8th term election across 10 fields, which represent promises to citizens, of which 91 projects have been completed, achieving a current implementation rate of 63.6%.

Additionally, the city plans to complete 4 additional projects by the end of this year, including the installation of a park golf course at the Acheon Pumping Station Flood Control Reservoir.

Meanwhile, on May 10 of this year, the city received the highest-level evaluation (SA grade) for pledge evaluation in the '2024 8th Term Election National Basic Local Government Heads' Pledge Implementation and Information Disclosure Evaluation' overseen by the Korea Manifesto Implementation Headquarters, and was recognized for its achievements in citizen-centered communication and pledge implementation through consensus.

Guri City Mayor Baek Kyung-hyun stated, "We are concentrating all of the city's capabilities and continuing to pursue 'change for new growth and challenge' that we promised to citizens when the 8th term election administration was launched," and added, "We will actively reflect the valuable opinions of the 8th term election pledge projects citizen evaluation committee that will lead the city's future development."