Hwaseong City Enacts Citizen Participatory Budget Ordinance...Holds Financial Management Briefing

Hwaseong City is moving forward with enacting a citizen participatory budget ordinance for transparent budget formulation and sound fiscal management.

On the 14th, the city announced that it plans to implement a citizen participatory budget system to enhance the transparency of budget formulation and soundness of financial management, including the composition of a citizen participatory budget management committee and operation of budget schools.

To this end, the city will submit the ordinance draft for the citizen participatory budget system to the Hwaseong City Council extraordinary session held from the 26th through the 29th.

The ordinance draft includes provisions on the composition of a citizen participatory budget management committee with a two-year term through citizen recommendations and open recruitment, the roles of committee members, operational procedures, and the operation of budget schools with citizen participation.

A city official stated, “Once the ordinance draft is confirmed, we plan to compose the citizen participatory budget management committee by January of next year, and operate a budget school in April of next year to enhance citizens' understanding of budget formulation and management.”

Prior to this, the city held a 2012 Hwaseong City Budget Management Briefing on the 9th with approximately 400 participants in attendance, including township and village chiefs representing 23 townships and districts, members of the New Community Promotion Associations and resident autonomy committees, and local residents and civic organization members.