Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 236: Inspecting the Old Hydropower Station 3

The weather started to get hot, and the office environment in Qinshan Town was not very good. Only a few old-fashioned electric fans were moved in, which made a squeaky sound to provide a little coolness.

Qi Tongwei moved the microphone from his right ear to his left ear, which was already covered in sweat, and continued to instruct Li Wei.

“You have more than one thing on hand. Now that the assault is completed, just come back to confirm it when you are done.

The relocation of the seven households at the geological disaster site over there also needs to be completed immediately.

I'll take another look, and then I'll do the daily work of flood prevention and typhoon relief, and go to a few places that I'm worried about to take another look and take a walk.

You have also been the head of a township, and you know how subordinates will deceive their superiors in order to get by.

We must scare them so that they dare not be lazy."

In fact, the biggest corruption in grassroots governments is not rent-seeking corruption, nor is it withholding money from the people, but lazy governance.

Grassroots governments have little autonomy and have to deal with their superiors' shirking of responsibility in everything. They are exhausted from running around. Over time, grassroots cadres have become accustomed to only dealing with inspections from their superiors.

Don't move unless there is an inspection. When the inspection comes, you move things at will. In the words of Minister Hou, you are like a candle that won't light up unless it is lit, and a dead donkey that won't move at all unless it is whipped.

Grassroots cadres have also been working as clerks for a long time. Many of them have been working in a unit for decades. If they do well, they will just get a compliment from the leader, but no substantial rewards. If they do not do well, they can still keep their excellence by flattering their superiors.

After a long period of eating from the same big pot, the entire unit fell into a maze. Those who had some ability and potential either found ways to be transferred to county-level units or to higher-level municipal units.

It is not uncommon for those who can pass the exam or go to the capital through other means. Qi Tongwei was an example back then. There were also those who were extremely talented in taking the public examination for the Holy Body, who were able to advance one level every year and finally made it to the central government.

In the final analysis, it is because the organizational work is not done well enough, the mobility and transfer rate of grassroots cadres are poor, the assessment methods for grassroots cadres are outdated, and the reward and punishment measures are single. Qi Tongwei is helpless now. He is only a deputy district mayor, not the organization minister or the district party secretary.

We cannot start large-scale mutual transfers, implement a point system, and distribute bonuses indiscriminately like the Public Security Bureau did. Now, Qi Tongwei is a little afraid to do this again. There are too many violations in the process. They are not noticeable when the level is low, but as the level gets higher and higher, if he continues to violate the rules, it will only limit his room for advancement in the future.

“Okay, got it.

By the way, General Manager, the Municipal Transportation Bureau will be here on Monday. They should be here to take a look at the condition of the road surface damaged by the dump trucks.

I have preliminarily reported more than a dozen roads, but they have not yet decided whether to allocate funds to repair them.

The last reply I received was that these roads were only repaired a few years ago and have not yet reached their service life.”

At this time Qi Tongwei got angry again. What do you mean by "the road will not be repaired if it has not reached its service life"? It is also a reality that dump trucks damage the road surface. However, in these matters, each has his own reasons. Whoever holds the money has the final say. At the moment, the Municipal Transportation Bureau has the final say.

Because it is directly under the jurisdiction of the city, even if the roads in Jiangbei New District are damaged, they cannot use the district’s financial resources to repair them directly. Instead, they have to communicate with the municipal departments, determine the plan, and determine the investment ratio before starting repairs.

"Okay, call them again and let them know. After they come over to check it out, I'll let the city government know and ask them to fix it for us.

A number of companies are going to move into the Hi-Tech Zone in the second half of the year. How can they afford such a poor road surface?

Okay, you need to pay close attention here, pay attention to the time nodes, and report any accidents immediately.

There is also the incident of a dump truck collapsing a house, which can be used to write an article about it.

I get annoyed when I see these functional departments above pushing the responsibility onto the district level. You can talk to them and then you will know what to do.

My goal is for our district to spend less money and try to use the city's existing plan to repair the road instead of submitting a new plan.

Also, as I mentioned last time, you should also communicate more with the Transportation Bureau on when the plans for those high-standard highways will be released and when the seminar meeting will be held.

We have to do what we should do for the two provincially-led highways and clean our butts. There are not many good people in the Municipal Transportation Bureau. Secretary Jin said it last time, and the Transportation Bureau even complained to the mayor about us. You know the details, right? They didn't tell me clearly.

The three high-standard roads funded by the city are the key tasks for the second half of the year. You must pay close attention to the details and don't make random promises to the Transportation Bureau and take on difficult tasks.

This matter is very important and the district chief attaches great importance to it. Please don’t forget it.

That's it, I have things to do."

At this time, Lu Qiang came to report again.

"Director, the Municipal Construction Committee called and asked you to go to the Municipal Construction Committee building on Monday afternoon for a meeting to discuss the new urban planning of Jiangbei Subdistrict."

The urban construction was not originally under Qi Tongwei's jurisdiction. As the district mayor was away, Qi Tongwei, as the deputy district mayor in charge of the work, went to attend the meeting on his behalf. This was another troublesome matter.

The district only has the power to decide on a few buildings, namely the government compound in the High-tech Zone, several other government buildings, the gymnasium, library, cultural center in Jiangbei Street, etc. All other buildings have to be decided by the city, so Qi Tongwei didn't want to go to this broken meeting, where he could only listen to others' opinions on how to do things here and had no decision-making power.

However, as the leader of a district, there is no question of whether he likes or dislikes his job. He is even less qualified to be picky than ordinary cadres. Even though he knows that the people in the Construction Committee are not clean, he still has to deal with them. He can only try his best not to be implicated by them.

Thinking of this, Qi Tongwei picked up the phone again and called Jin Guodong, the Standing Committee Deputy Mayor and District Party Secretary.

"Secretary Jin, the Municipal Construction Committee called me and asked me to attend a meeting on Monday.

You said, we don’t have the power to decide, why do they ask us to go there? They didn’t even discuss the planning with us beforehand.”

Jin Guodong was very happy because of Qi Tongwei's understanding.

"Mayor Qi and I have discussed this matter (the deputy mayor in charge of urban construction).

Their main topic this time should be the construction of a new cross-river bridge.

The cross-river bridge will be built on the extension line of the national highway where the children's clothing village was demolished last time, not in the traditional central area.

The Construction Committee may want to put some landscape buildings and hotels in our Jiangbei area. With the bridge, the Xiaqiao section will not be much different from the city center.

Monday's meeting is a discussion meeting. You should first understand the preliminary plan. If you have other ideas, you can also tell me. I will discuss with them and modify the plan. "

"Okay, I understand, Secretary."