The Planning and Administration Committee of the Anyang City Council has preliminarily reviewed the approval of the 2025 fiscal year settlement and contingency expenditures during its first regular session of the 315th council meeting.
According to the council on the 22nd, the committee noted the efforts made by the executing agency to reduce the remaining balance and curb unnecessary project carryovers to ensure efficient budget execution during the review conducted from the 15th to the 19th.
However, the committee emphasized the need to evaluate administrative performance based on policy outcomes that citizens can feel, rather than merely achieving formal performance indicators.
It called for the establishment of an objective and effective management system that reflects the main tasks and policy goals of each department, particularly in cases where some departments set easily achievable performance indicators or failed to establish them.
Additionally, regarding budget operations, the committee urged a thorough review of the feasibility of execution from the project planning stage to minimize unnecessary budget reallocations and carryovers, thereby enhancing the predictability of financial operations through systematic budget management.
It also requested accurate identification of project demands through resident meetings and field feedback, as well as a review of the validity and ongoing necessity of overlapping projects to allocate limited resources efficiently.
Meanwhile, the Planning and Administration Committee plans to continue monitoring overall budget execution and performance management to enhance the efficiency of financial operations and ensure that administrative outcomes translate into policy effects that citizens can experience.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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