Suwon City's Plan to Promote 4 District Chiefs to Grade 3 Position Fails

Suwon City's push to promote the 4 district chiefs to Grade 3 positions has failed.

According to Suwon City on the 13th, the Local Administrative System Reform Promotion Committee held a meeting on the 8th to deliberate on the matter, but rejected it after a vote.

Considering that Suwon City has a population of approximately 1.1 million, the largest among basic local governments nationwide, the city had requested that the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and other agencies upgrade the 4 district chiefs currently at Grade 4 to Grade 3.

Earlier this year, a request for the establishment of new Grade 3 positions was accepted, and an imbalanced administrative structure that directly connected Grade 2 to Grade 4 was partially reformed. However, the city argued that expanding Grade 3 positions for district chiefs is unavoidable for autonomous district operations.

Accordingly, on that day, the reform committee deliberated on an amendment to the "Regulations on Administrative Organizations and Staffing Standards for Local Governments" that would allow district chiefs in cities with populations of 1 million or more to be appointed to Grade 3, but it was rejected.

Currently, Suwon City has 2 Grade 2 officials, 1 Grade 3 official, and 23 Grade 4 officials, and the city plans to promote the 4 Grade 4 district chiefs to Grade 3.