Gyeonggi Province Mayors and Governors Council Holds Regular Meeting at Hwaseong Jungok Port

The Gyeonggi Province Mayors and Governors Council held its 13th regular meeting at the Clubhouse of Hwaseong Jungok Port and deliberated and adopted five agenda items including improvements to the financial burden system from new city and residential development, and requests for adjusting processing fees for vehicle registration transfers between cities and counties, which will be forwarded to relevant government agencies.

Chae In-seok, Mayor of Hwaseong, proposed that the share of development fees attributable to local governments under the 'Ordinance on Recouping Development Profits' be increased from the current 50% to 70%, and that public facilities and resident convenience facilities required by local governments under the 'Residential Development Business Processing Guidelines' be provided at no cost—specifically, common office buildings established by administrative authorities for resident administrative services. These measures were proposed to ease the increased financial burden on local governments due to development costs being transferred to them.

In addition, the council deliberated and adopted five proposed agenda items including policy recommendations on discount sales issues after occupancy inspection (Paju City), budget requests for road projects in state-designated and provincial roads (Anseong City), countermeasures for vacant and abandoned housing, and recommendations for adjusting processing fees for vehicle registration transfers between cities and counties (Suwon City), reaching consensus to forward these to central government agencies.

Composed of 31 local governments across Gyeonggi Province, the Gyeonggi Province Mayors and Governors Council is a consultative body of local government heads aimed at promoting balanced development among municipalities and implementing efficient regional administration. Through 12 previous meetings, the council has jointly recommended 126 agenda items on behalf of the Gyeonggi Province Mayors and Governors Council, with 32 of these being reflected in central government policies.