Yeoju City Holds 2025 Citizen Participatory Budget Committee General Meeting

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Yeoju City held the '2025 Citizen Participatory Budget Committee General Meeting' on the 18th at the main conference room of Yeoju City Hall, discussing the operating performance from 2024 and the operating plans for 2025.

The city received 104 citizen proposal projects last year and, following review by the Citizen Participatory Budget Committee, reflected 22 projects including the creation of a tree-lined street at Daesincheon and green space development around Yeongneung and Neungseo Elementary Schools, with approximately 1 billion won in the budget.

This year, the city plans to expand citizen participation by increasing mobile budget education programs and strengthen communication between proposers and subcommittees during the Citizen Participatory Budget Committee meetings to conduct more in-depth deliberation processes.

Through this general meeting, the city will gather opinions on the 2025 Yeoju City Citizen Participatory Budget System operating plan, finalize the plan after supplementation, and continue to pursue transparent and efficient budget management based on communication with residents.

Meanwhile, the city will conduct concentrated intake of citizen proposal projects for participatory budgets from late February to late April, with details to be disclosed through its website.

Mayor Lee Chung-woo stated, "The valuable proposals from our residents become the driving force for Yeoju's development," and added, "I hope you will encourage many citizens to participate so that we can create changes in our community together."