Discussing the location of the new ward office and residents' self-governing organizations

September 9, 2021, 05:00 (Updated on September 9, 05:02) Regarding the purpose of the ward reorganization, Hamamatsu City has taken into account issues such as population decline and the declining birthrate and aging population. He explains that it is to realize efficient administration of municipal administration by allocating the expenses that have been reduced through integration. After the reorganization, it is expected that the system for providing resident services and the nature of resident autonomy will change. The special committee will also discuss the location of the ward office in the new ward and the organization of residents' self-government. "It is essential that the reorganization does not lead to a decline in resident services. If it does, the residents will not be satisfied." At a ward council meeting held at the Tenryu Ward Office in April, a committee member expressed his concerns to the city and city council. Mayor Yasutomo Suzuki has repeatedly explained that "the reorganization will not degrade resident services, but rather improve them," with the aim of alleviating citizens' concerns. In the draft of the system for providing services to residents compiled by the city in May, it indicated a policy of increasing the number of full-time employees to 43 at the collaboration center after the reorganization in order to strengthen the resolution of issues in each region. However, at the moment, there are points where the views of the city and the council do not match regarding the system for providing citizen services. Regarding ward offices, the city has a policy to preserve the office building of the ward with the largest population when multiple wards are merged. On the other hand, the largest faction, the Liberal Democratic Party Hamamatsu, presents an alternative plan to retain the Kita Ward Office in the new ward, which includes part of the Nishi Ward and Kita Ward, and the Hamakita Ward Office in the new ward, which includes part of the Higashi Ward and Hamakita Ward. As for civil engineering maintenance offices, in the case of the 2-3 wards plan, the city proposed to reduce the number of offices to 3, while the plan to maintain 4 offices in all wards was presented. For residents' self-government, it was decided to create a "two-layer structure" in which one organization discusses regional issues over a wide area and another organization discusses familiar issues, but the details remain undecided. In order to realize the best reorganization for the city, the city and the city council are required to have discussions that allow citizens to think about the future of the city themselves.

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　In April 2019, on the same day as the Hamamatsu mayoral and municipal While the proposal was not realized due to the majority of opposition, the pros and cons of the reorganization itself were evenly divided. The debate in the city council continued. The LDP Hamamatsu, which had been cautious about restructuring the wards, won the majority in the city council elections. ” started the discussion. In September 2008, the city council determined that the reorganization of the wards was "necessary" at a meeting of all members. The special committee entered into discussions on specific plans for dividing the area. In March, the special committee decided on six proposals for dividing the current seven wards into two to four wards. In May 2011, at the regular meeting in February 2011, a discussion schedule was decided for the resolution of the ordinances necessary for the reorganization of the ward. In August, the Tenryu ward independent plan was adopted, and the zoning plan was narrowed down to three plans.

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