▲ 김영삼 대전시의원  © 대전시의회

전 대전과학산업진흥원장이 관용차량 사적이용으로 물의를 일으켜 사직하는 등 관용차량 사적이용에 대한 문제기 제기되고 있는 가운데 이번에는 대전디자인진흥원장이 관용차량을 사적으로 이용한 사실이 확인돼 대전디자인진흥원장이 대전시의회 행정사무감사에서 질타를 받는 일이 발생했다.

대전시의회 김영삼 의원(국민의힘, 서구2)은 8일 열린 제282회 제2차 정례회 산업건설위원회 기업지원국 행정사무감사에서 대전디자인진흥원 관용차량 사적 이용에 대해 규정 위반임을 강하게 질타했다.

이날 행정사무감사에 나선 김영삼 의원은 대전시 출연기관인 대전디자인진흥원이 제출한 임원용 관용차량 운행 일지를 확인한 결과, 지난해 11월~12월에 권득용 디자인진흥원장의 자택인 동구 용전동으로 관용차량을 이용해 10차례가 넘게 운행된 이유를 따져 물었다.

김 의원은 “관용차량을 기관장 출퇴근에 이용하는 건 명백한 규정 위반” 이라고 지적하자, “지난해 2차 정례회 회기 기간에, 수행원인 여직원이 운전을 못하여 모시고 가느라 부득이 관용차량을 사용했다”고 대전디자인진흥원장은 해명했다.

하지만 김 의원이 대전디자인진흥원으로 부터 제출받은 과용차량 운행 일지에는 임원용 관용차량이 지난해 11월과 12월 모두 18차례 사적 이용한 것으로 확인됐고, 과학산업진흥원장의 관용차 사적이용 방송보도 이후 권 원장이 이용을 중단한 것으로 나타나면서 권득용 원장이 수행직원이 운전을 못해 모시고 가느라 관용차량을 사용했다는 답변이 설득력이 떨어지고 있다.

김 의원은 권득용 대전디자인진흥원장의 해명에 대해 납득할 수 없으며, 관용차량을 사적 이용한 것에 대해 사과를 요구했다.

앞서 대전시 감사위원회는 대전과학산업진흥원장의 관용차량 사적이용 방송보도이후 대전시 산하기관에 대한 관용차량 운행 전수조사를 실시했다고 밝혔지만, 대전디자인진흥원의 관용차량 사적이용 사실을 적발하지 못하면서 감사 신뢰성에 오점을 남겼다.

김영삼 의원은 또, 대전디자인진흥원 추진사업 12개 사업 중 9월 말 기준 예산액 대비 집행실적 50% 이하 사업이 무려 8개나 됨을 지적하며, 연말에 예산 몰아 쓰기 하는 행태에 대한 개선을 주문했다. 

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Daejeon City Council Member Kim Young-sam, Daejeon Design Promotion Agency Director's Private Use of Official Vehicles Criticized

While the issue of private use of official vehicles has been raised, such as the former Daejeon Science and Industry Promotion Agency Director's resignation due to controversy over private use of official vehicles, this time, the Daejeon Design Promotion Agency Director was found to have used an official vehicle for private purposes, and was criticized during the Daejeon City Council's administrative audit.

Daejeon City Council Member Kim Young-sam (People's Power Party, Seo-gu 2) strongly criticized the Daejeon Design Promotion Agency's private use of official vehicles at the 282nd regular session, Industrial Construction Committee, Enterprise Support Bureau administrative audit held on the 8th, saying it was a violation of regulations.

On this day, Rep. Kim Young-sam, who was in charge of the administrative audit, checked the logbook of official vehicles submitted by the Daejeon Design Promotion Agency, a Daejeon city-funded organization, and asked why the official vehicle was used to drive to and from the residence of Director Kwon Deuk-yong of the Design Promotion Agency in Yongjeon-dong, Dong-gu, more than 10 times between November and December of last year.

When Rep. Kim pointed out that “using an official vehicle to commute to and from work is a clear violation of regulations,” the Director of the Daejeon Design Promotion Agency explained, “During the second regular session last year, I had no choice but to use an official vehicle because a female employee who was my attendant could not drive and had to take me there.” However, in the log of overused vehicles submitted to Rep. Kim by the Daejeon Design Promotion Agency, it was confirmed that the executives’ official vehicles were used for personal purposes 18 times in both November and December of last year, and since it was revealed that Director Kwon stopped using them after the broadcast of the private use of the head of the Science and Industry Promotion Agency’s official vehicle, the response of Director Kwon Deuk-yong that he used the official vehicle because his staff member could not drive and had to take him is becoming less convincing.

Rep. Kim said that he was not convinced by the explanation of Director Kwon Deuk-yong of the Daejeon Design Promotion Agency and demanded an apology for using the official vehicle for personal purposes.

Previously, the Daejeon City Audit Committee announced that it conducted a comprehensive investigation of the operation of official vehicles at Daejeon City’s affiliated organizations after the broadcast of the private use of the head of the Daejeon Science and Industry Promotion Agency’s official vehicle, but it failed to detect the fact that the Daejeon Design Promotion Agency used the official vehicle for personal purposes, leaving a stain on the credibility of the audit.

Rep. Kim Young-sam also pointed out that among the 12 projects promoted by the Daejeon Design Promotion Agency, as many as 8 projects had an execution performance of less than 50% of the budget as of the end of September, and requested improvements in the practice of concentrating the budget at the end of the year.