Osan City Secures 23.6 Billion Won in Budget Related to Standard Personnel Costs

[Suwon Ilbo=Park Chan-hyuk] Osan City announced on the 29th that it has secured a total of 23.6 billion won in budget over the past three years from the Ministry of Interior and Safety under the name of standard personnel costs.

Following 5.5 billion won in standard personnel costs for 2024 and 4 billion won for 2025, the city secured 9 billion won for 2026. While the city's ordinary transfer tax for 2026 was initially expected to be reduced by approximately 6.8 billion won due to excess expenditures of 2024 standard personnel costs, the reduction was finalized at 1.7 billion won as increased administrative demand was reflected, resulting in an effective budget increase of 5.1 billion won.

This achievement represents the largest-scale acquisition of resources related to standard personnel costs in Osan City's history, and is significant in that it provides an opportunity to more stably organize personnel management conditions that have operated restrictively amid rapid changes in the administrative environment.

In recent years, the city has experienced rapidly increasing administrative demand due to new city development and population inflow. Accordingly, it has responded to administrative demand within the existing personnel system. Through this acquisition of standard personnel costs, the city has enhanced flexibility in personnel management and established a foundation to respond more systematically to the changing administrative environment.

In particular, through this acquisition, beyond simple workforce expansion, the city has become able to allocate administrative capacity more efficiently, focusing on areas where the scope of work has expanded due to increased administrative demand. This is expected to play an important role in stably maintaining and strengthening the scope and responsiveness of administration.

The city plans to use the secured resources to gradually deploy personnel focusing on core areas directly related to citizens' lives, including △resolving blind spots in citizen safety and welfare △responding to traffic issues △promoting mid- to long-term future strategy projects.

In particular, in the safety and welfare sectors, the city will concentrate on enhancing on-site responsiveness to resolve blind spots. In the transportation sector, it will strengthen systems to respond more rapidly to increasing civil complaints and pending issues. Additionally, the city plans to reinforce personnel in mid- to long-term urban development and future strategy project sectors, pursuing implementable administration beyond merely establishing plans.

This achievement is less the result of short-term efforts and more the cumulative outcome of continuous consultations with the central government since the launch of the eighth civilian administration. The city has consistently explained the necessity of expanding standard personnel costs based on demographic structure changes, increased administrative demand, and field work burdens, and has maintained consultations with the Ministry of Interior and Safety throughout the process.

The acquisition of standard personnel costs is significant in that it has increased stability in the city's organizational operations while establishing a foundation to improve the quality of administration that residents can feel. As personnel management conditions improve, an environment is expected to be created where both the speed and completeness of administration can be enhanced.

Mayor Lee Kwon-jae stated, "This acquisition of standard personnel costs is the result created by the efforts of civil servants who have protected the field and continuous consultations to respond to increasing administrative demand," adding, "Based on the secured resources, we will provide citizens with more stable and prompt administrative services while steadily improving operational conditions throughout the organization."