23 bills passed, including approval of the 2026 Gangnam-gu Council Operations Committee administrative audit plan
The Gangnam-gu Council held its second plenary session Wednesday, wrapping up the 338th extraordinary session, which ran for eight days from Oct. 21 to Oct. 28.
The session opened with the first plenary on Oct. 21, after which standing committees reviewed agenda items through Wednesday. Those items were then put to a vote at the second plenary held the same day.
At Wednesday's meeting, 18 bills passed as submitted. They included two member-initiated bills — a full revision of the ordinance on the code of ethics and ethical conduct norms for Gangnam-gu Council members (proposed by lawmaker Bae Geun-hee and 17 others) and a draft rule on disciplinary measures for council members (proposed by Bae and 20 others) — as well as four approvals of the 2026 Gangnam-gu Council administrative audit plans covering the Operations Committee, the Administrative Safety Committee, the Economy and Urban Affairs Committee and the Welfare and Culture Committee, a resolution urging construction of a new Gangnam-gu district office building (proposed by the Administrative Safety Committee), and 11 bills submitted by the executive branch.
Five bills were also passed with amendments, including a draft ordinance on support for installing automatic emergency door-opening devices for suicide prevention in Gangnam-gu (proposed by lawmaker Kim Hyeon-jeong and 24 others) and four bills from the executive branch, bringing the total number of bills processed to 23.
Council Speaker Lee Jae-jin extended condolences to residents affected by the Guryong Village fire. "I offer my deepest sympathies to the residents who suffered losses in the Guryong Village fire, and I hope they are able to find stability and return to their daily lives as soon as possible," Lee said. "I also want to express my gratitude to the staff and relevant agencies who worked so hard to extinguish the fire."
Lee added that the session had allowed the council to examine a range of issues directly affecting residents' lives. "During this extraordinary session, we were able to handle various agenda items closely tied to residents' lives and carry out field-centered legislative activities to examine pressing issues in depth," Lee said. "Going forward, Gangnam-gu Council will continue to listen to voices from the community and work to bring about changes that residents can feel."
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