The Goryeong-gun county office building. [Goryeong-gun]
The Goryeong-gun county office building. [Goryeong-gun]

Goryeong-gun in North Gyeongsang Province said Tuesday it is working to minimize any administrative gap under its acting county chief system, pressing ahead with livelihood, safety and key policy initiatives without interruption.

Since transitioning to the acting chief arrangement on Sept. 1, the county has established three guiding principles — maintaining continuity of county administration, exercising careful and accountable judgment, and securing organizational stability and public trust — and has drawn up an operational plan for the interim period.

Under the plan, administrative services directly tied to residents' daily lives, including welfare, safety and civil complaints, will continue to operate normally. Projects already approved and those funded by national or provincial grants will proceed on their original schedules.

Key pending issues will be monitored on an ongoing basis to minimize decision-making delays caused by the leadership vacancy. However, large-scale new projects or major policy changes with long-term implications for county administration will be decided cautiously after thorough review of their necessity and urgency.

On the livelihood front, the county will run a support program providing food and daily necessities to households in crisis, while actively identifying residents eligible for integrated care services. Plans to supply 30 units of community-based public rental housing for young people and newlywed couples, along with a rural housing project for youth, will also move forward as scheduled.

A public bus service aimed at normalizing metropolitan transit between Goryeong and Daegu is being prepared with a target launch of 2027.

In disaster and safety management, the county will continue natural disaster prevention and small-stream maintenance work, and will use special local allocation tax funds to build an AI deep-learning-based intelligent disaster and safety monitoring network.

The county is also accelerating efforts to strengthen the local economy and lay the groundwork for future growth. Initiatives include attracting businesses to the Wolseong General Industrial Complex and the Dong-Goryeong IC logistics complex, revitalizing the Daegaya autonomous commercial zone, establishing a green biotech materials industrialization facility, and deploying foreign seasonal workers.

Consultations with central government ministries will continue to secure designation of a Daegaya historical and cultural special district and to attract a national Goryeong museum and a national Daegaya research institute to the area.

The 2027 budget will prioritize residents' livelihoods and fiscal soundness. Essential expenditures — including personnel costs, statutory mandatory expenses, national and provincial subsidy projects, and ongoing projects — will be reflected, while large-scale new self-funded projects and those with low effectiveness or overlapping purposes will be subject to review.

Starting in October, the county will begin organizing departmental records so that a new administration can launch immediately after next year's by-election. A comprehensive transition plan covering major work briefings, handover procedures and early inauguration schedules will also be prepared by year's end.

"We will take even greater care of the things necessary for residents' daily lives and safety, and will ensure that key projects already underway continue without disruption," said Jeong Gwang-ho, acting Goryeong county chief. "We will also steadily prepare the policy groundwork, financial resources and administrative arrangements so that the next administration can pick up where we left off the moment it takes office."


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