No.136 Initial Budget for FY2023

The initial budget was approved at the first regular meeting of the city council held in March this year, so I will give you an overview.

Since 2020, as a measure to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, it has been recommended to limit the flow of people by refraining from face-to-face contact, resulting in a significant slump in economic activity, and it was expected that local government finances would also be affected. For this reason, we issued a "Financial Crisis Alert" when preparing the initial budget for FY2021 and engaged in austerity fiscal management.

Fortunately, however, Inagi City did not experience the drop in city tax revenue that we had initially feared, and was able to lift the alert in the initial budget for FY2020. In preparing the initial budget for FY2020, both the financial forecast for FY2020 and the budget for FY2025 show steady growth in city tax revenue.

Looking at this alone, it may seem as if we have overcome the corona crisis, but the virus itself has not disappeared, and it is unpredictable how it will mutate in the future, so we will continue to maintain a sense of urgency. We will do our best to operate.

In 5th year of Reiwa, (1) Continuation of measures to prevent the spread of new corona, (2) Measures against price increases, (3) Initiatives for various measures in the 5th Inagi City Long-Term Comprehensive Plan, (4) Safety of citizens is the top priority The budget was formulated based on the four points of disaster prevention and mitigation measures.
The FY2023 general account budget increased by 8.7% from the previous fiscal year to 3,128 million yen, and the total amount of 39,195 million yen was the largest ever.

In terms of revenue, city tax, which accounts for 42.5% of the total revenue, is expected to increase by 3.6% due to an increase in the income of taxpayers and an increase in newly built houses, and the total amount is expected to exceed 16.6 billion yen, the largest ever. Local consumption tax grants increased by 17.1%, or approximately 320 million yen, supported by strong consumption, while local allocation tax decreased by 46.0%, or approximately 400 million yen.

In terms of expenditures, public assistance costs, disability care benefits, medical expenses subsidies for high school students, etc. will increase assistance costs. Investment expenses will increase due to the expansion of Nanzan Elementary School and the renovation of No. 2 Junior High School. Property expenses increased due to the construction business, soaring utility costs for public facilities, etc., and money withdrawn increased due to the promotion of land readjustment projects, etc., resulting in an increase of 8.7% compared to the previous fiscal year.

Major construction work this fiscal year included the improvement of the Ta-3, 4, and 12 Yomiuri Land Lines, the expansion of the Nanzan Elementary School building, the development of an annex of the Developmental Support Center, the waterproofing of the roof and exterior walls of the second junior high school, the electrification of the Daimaru Yato River drainage sluice gate, and the eastern part of Nanzan. The total amount of construction-related expenses, including the maintenance of the district park and the renovation of the fire brigade's third branch station, is about 2 billion yen, which is one of the reasons why this year's budget is the largest ever.

Next, we will introduce the characteristic budgets for each policy issue.

Child care support related
In response to the increased demand for after-school clubs, Nanzan Elementary School's after-school club will be expanded, and at the Third Cultural Center, the after-school club will be privatized together with the children's hall to improve convenience. At Daisan Elementary School, we are considering setting up a schoolchildren's club on the school grounds for the rebuilding of the school building. For after-school children's classes, we will provide snacks and extend the hours of use until 6:00 p.m. Subsidies for children's medical expenses will be expanded to include high school students in accordance with the system of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

Elderly support related
With the increase in the number of regular classrooms at Hirao Elementary School, we will subsidize the cost of moving Fureai Center Hirao to the Hirao housing complex shopping district. A group home for the elderly with dementia and a small-scale multi-functional home nursing care facility will be established in the eastern part of Minamiyama.

Support for persons with disabilities
In addition to subsidizing the expenses of group homes that accept people with severe disabilities who are moving from residential facilities to the community, we will deal with the shortage of helpers and provide assistance for employment and qualification acquisition for human resource development. We will refurbish the former Daishi Nursery School facility and open a branch office of the development support center and a branch office of the educational counseling room, as well as start an outpatient service for people with severe mental and physical disabilities who require medical care.

Social welfare related
Welfare centers will be added to the public facility reservation system to improve convenience for users.

Education related
Introduced external instructors to provide swimming instruction during elementary school summer holidays, introduced programming learning materials on a trial basis for junior high school students, increased the number of school social workers at elementary and junior high schools, and provided support for visits to children with problems such as not attending school. We will strengthen our system toward this goal. We will hold a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the community center/library, which opened in June 1970. We will create a digital archive of cultural properties and open a website with a database of cultural properties. Nanzan Elementary School will carry out construction to expand the school building in response to the increase in the number of students. At the second junior high school, in response to age-related deterioration of the school building, we will carry out roof waterproofing and exterior wall renovation work.

Environmental measures
At the beginning of this Diet session, we announced a carbon-neutral declaration in the administrative policy. Along with this, the city will formulate a carbon neutral promotion plan within this fiscal year, introduce solar power generation equipment to all public facilities as much as possible, switch lighting to LED, and convert general housing to ZEH (Zero Energy House) ) will be expanded. We will work on the sorted collection and recycling of plastic waste, glass, and ceramics, and aim to improve the recycling rate.

Disaster prevention/mitigation related
We will repair the city hall building to prevent flooding, and secure cooling water for emergency generators and drainage from toilets even during water outages. The Sugabori seawall was improved, the Daimaru Yato River drainage sluice gate was electrified, the high-voltage receiving and transforming equipment at the Oshidatebori drainage pumping station was replaced, and four firefighting pump vehicles of the fire brigade were renewed at the same time to improve disaster prevention capabilities. increase. Prepare for storm and flood damage by creating a map of areas that are assumed to be inundated with rainwater (inland water), and prepare for earthquakes by newly installing and relocating earthquake automatic unlocking boxes.

Digitalization promotion related
We will carry out basic research and formulate a migration plan for the standardization of local government information systems, and will migrate to the government's cloud environment by fiscal year 2020. We will expand the tax items compatible with the eLTAX local tax common tax payment system to all city tax items, create an electronic tax payment environment, and make it possible to use credit cards and ATM pages.
　
　
This year marks the fourth year of our response to the new coronavirus, with the requirement to wear masks being relaxed from March 13th, and the designated infectious disease category 2 to 5 scheduled to change from May 8th. Let's work together to change our behavior for the post-corona stage, without being overly fearful, but continuing to take measures to prevent infection.