Seongnam City Council to Divide Event Representation Roles... "Transitioning to a Standing Committee-Centered Council"

With the launch of the 10th Seongnam City Council in Gyeonggi Province, the roles of representing the council at various events will be divided between the chairperson and the standing committee chairs. This initiative aims to enhance the responsibility and expertise of standing committees and to strengthen on-site communication with citizens.

Kang Sangtae and Seongnam City Council will strengthen council operations centered on standing committees with the launch of the 10th council. The photo shows a group photo of Seongnam City Council. Photo by Seongnam City Council

The Seongnam City Council announced that, going forward, the council chairperson will continue to represent the council at major events at the city or national level. However, for district or neighborhood-level events, as well as events related to the jurisdictional fields of each standing committee, the respective standing committee chair will represent the council. This will serve as the basic operational principle.

This reorganization is intended not to categorize events by importance or status, but rather to divide the representative roles according to the scale, nature, and relevant work of each event, thereby strengthening legislative activities centered on the standing committees.

The council expects that each standing committee chair will be able to directly visit sites within their jurisdiction, engage with local residents, and listen to on-site opinions and demands, which can then be reflected in committee activities and policy.

By dividing the previously chairperson-focused external event attendance role with the standing committee chairs, the expertise and responsibility of each committee are also expected to be further strengthened.

Sangtae Kang, Chairperson of the Seongnam City Council, stated, "All 32 council members are representatives of the citizens, and the standing committees serve as the center of council activities, transforming the voices of citizens into policy based on the expertise of the members. We will further strengthen the roles and responsibilities of the standing committees to build a council centered on them, where the voices from the field are translated into practical policies."

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