Lee Sangil, Yongin Mayor: "Responsibility Means Work and Results... I'll Continue in the Ninth Administration"

Yongin Holds Meeting with Around 100 Cheoin-gu Public Officials
Discuss Staff Assignments to Overburdened Departments and Elimination of Unnecessary Projects
Mayor Lee Sangil: "Response to Abusive Complaints and Staffing Support for Overburdened Departments"

Yongin Special City Mayor Lee Sang-il stressed, "The achievements of the eighth popularly elected Yongin Special City administration were possible because public officials worked hard on the ground. As mayor, I must demonstrate my sense of responsibility through my work and the results I deliver, so I will continue without wavering in the ninth administration the work we have carried out over the past four years."

Lee Sangil, mayor of Yongin Special City, meets with public officials from Cheoin-gu and talks with them in the conference room at Cheoin-gu Office on the 12th. Photo provided by Yongin City.

On October 12, Mayor Lee held a communication meeting with about 100 public officials from Cheoin-gu at the Cheoin-gu Office main conference room. He said, "The changes and achievements Yongin made under its eighth popularly elected administration were possible because public officials worked hard for the city's development."

"I learned about many issues naturally while discussing administration and exchanging views with public officials," Mayor Lee said. "I hope they will come up with good ideas for more efficient administration and the removal of unnecessary regulations."

At the meeting, employees asked questions and made suggestions about organizational restructuring, personnel management, and employee welfare. They asked about the benefits the development of the semiconductor industry would bring to residents and plans to add staff to departments with excessive workloads. Some also said that work that does not reflect current realities or is pushed ahead excessively in the name of achieving results should be reduced, and that staff should be assigned more efficiently.

Yongin Special City Mayor Lee Sang-il speaks with officials from Cheoin-gu at the main conference room of the Cheoin-gu Office on the 12th. Photo courtesy of Yongin City.

In response, Mayor Lee said, "I understand that Cheoin-gu needs many public officials to handle administrative work for building industrial and rail infrastructure and roads, as the Yongin Advanced System Semiconductor Cluster National Industrial Complex and the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster General Industrial Complex are being developed there. We will assign staff to departments with excessive workloads and help newly appointed employees quickly build expertise in their work."

Responding to suggestions that unnecessary work should be reduced, he said, "I agree that administration can become inefficient when ineffective or unnecessary work and projects accumulate. Removing unnecessary projects will allow us to launch new initiatives that residents can actually experience, so we will give this careful consideration and study the matter."

Employees also called for dedicated teams and staff to professionally manage eup, myeon, and dong offices, measures to address abusive complaints, and plans to secure more parking spaces.

"The city responds proactively to complaints involving violent behavior or unreasonable demands and is putting support measures in place to protect public officials," Mayor Lee said. "Please continue to share any good ideas for the development of the city administration."

Yongin Special City Mayor Lee Sangil poses for a commemorative photo with public officials from Cheoin-gu at the district office's main conference room on the 12th. Photo provided by Yongin City.

The meeting was arranged after the Yongin Special City Government Employees' Union proposed on August 12 that the mayor meet directly with employees. After meeting with employees in Giheung-gu on October 6 and Suji-gu on October 8, Mayor Lee met with employees in Cheoin-gu on October 12 to hear about the challenges they face and their suggestions.

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