As soon as the mayor spoke, the other deputy mayors quickly followed up, "Secretary Huo, this is not entirely Mayor Cao's fault, we also have..."

Huo Qianli stretched out his hand and shook it, "Comrade Qingfeng, comrades, there is no need."

He said sincerely, "I am talking about this matter in the meeting today not to hold anyone responsible or to ask anyone for guilt. If anyone is to be held responsible, it should be me, the squad leader, first, not you. I am saying this because I want to lay this issue out in the open and solve it together with everyone. So the first question is, we need to reach a consensus on whether such things exist and whether these things are problems."

Cao Qingfeng's expression eased a little. "Secretary Huo, you are right. I hadn't noticed it before. But today, I see that the burden on the grassroots comrades is a bit too heavy."

A deputy mayor said, "In fact, the village party secretary of Mingfeng Village, who I am in charge of, recently told me about this problem. No one in their village committee knows how to use a computer, but many forms need to be reported through a computer. They had to quickly find a young man who knows computers to help fill in the forms. And they need a new printer cartridge every week just for printing."

"Yes! In the village I'm in charge of, a villager told me that he has filled out his ID card more than a hundred times in the past half month. He even wants to get a stamp so that he can just stamp it when the time comes!" Another deputy mayor also took over the conversation, "Filling in a few numbers is not a big deal, but why are there so many repetitive tasks? Is it necessary? Is there any way to alleviate it?"

"Moreover, from a human perspective, our government staff are inevitably lazy. When something is pushed down their throats, they just think that there are people below them anyway, so they just push it down. This is also a problem."

"This is not the most annoying thing. The most annoying thing is that some departments throw the work to the village and keep the funds for themselves, making the village work and pay, and all the benefits go to the higher authorities!"

Hearing this, Xiao Yao put out his cigarette butt in the ashtray in front of him. "Speaking of this, the day before yesterday, comrades from the city's Investment Promotion Bureau and comrades from the county came to Hushan Village and the Industrial Park for an inspection. It was originally the work of the Management Committee, but after everyone looked at the work of the Management Committee, they threw the matter to Hushan Village. Hushan Village spent more than 8,000 yuan just to print materials. More than 8,000 yuan! It's a lot of money for the grassroots in rural areas!"

"But." Xiao Yao changed the subject, "We have no choice. Filling out forms, evaluation, and assessment are important indicators for our superiors to evaluate the effectiveness of our grassroots work. We can only find ways to fill out the forms, even if it is just a bonsai to deal with the superiors' assessment."

After hearing this, everyone sighed in agreement.

"In the long run, the technique of growing bonsai will become more important than the actual work results."

"There's nothing we can do. This is the current situation at the grassroots level!"

"All our work results need to be measured by our superiors. Our superiors say this, so we can only follow their lead!"

As they talked, everyone couldn't help but become a little depressed and pessimistic.

Huo Qianli tapped the table lightly. "The superiors' business is theirs. We will do our best within our capabilities! Since everyone thinks it's a problem, let's make it clear that this matter needs to be changed! Any objections?"

Naturally, no one objected at this moment.

Huo Qianli continued, "Everyone has analyzed a lot just now. Let me summarize. Because of the inspections, assessments, and evaluations at all levels, our rural grassroots are already very busy. Although there are no serious problems yet, this trend must be improved so that our village cadres can better play their grassroots role and contribute to the development of the village economy and people's livelihood."

"The reasons for this are, first, the pressure transmitted from higher authorities; second, each department acts independently, resulting in repeated information collection; third, some of our comrades are lazy and indolent. We can take appropriate measures from these aspects to change the current situation."

"First of all, I will take care of the county-level matters. You don't have to worry about them."

As soon as Huo Qianli opened his mouth, he gave everyone a shot of adrenaline.

Yes, Secretary Huo is a member of the county party committee standing committee!

He can also speak up in the county!

The most concerned issue was removed in an instant, and everyone's emotions suddenly became high, and their minds worked much faster.

Under Huo Qianli's guidance and after sufficient discussion with everyone, several opinions gradually took shape.

First, establish a negative list system to clarify the division of power and responsibility between the town committee, town government and village committee, and make it clear what is done by the town and cannot be transferred to the village committee;

Second, financial power follows administrative power. For work that really requires the village committee's help and coordination, corresponding working funds must be allocated;

Third, led by Executive Deputy Mayor Xiao Yao, we will explore the establishment of an information sharing office in each village to comprehensively collect basic information of each village. In the future, departments and units can directly retrieve similar information from the information sharing office without disturbing the public again.

Fourth, explore relevant work in serving the grassroots. From matters that require approval from the town, pick out some that can be delegated to the village for handling, or those that can be handled on-site for simple handling. Decentralize power to the grassroots, simplify the villagers' procedures, and minimize their burden.

Fifth, strictly limit multiple assessments and assessments at all levels, establish a more scientific village affairs assessment method, combine the actual conditions of each village, formulate reasonable work task goals, and stimulate the work enthusiasm of village cadres.

Leaders have been assigned to carry out these tasks, and the town mayor Cao Qingfeng is in charge of them.

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