Chapter 1823

Shi Ronghuai asked, "County Magistrate Su, calculate it. How much capital is needed to solve the problem of these laid-off workers?"

Su Xinghui said, "The largest expenditure at present is probably the reissuance of retirement pension to those retired employees. According to the data from Comrade Dachang, there are about more than one thousand retired employees from county-owned enterprises in the county. They haven't received retirement pension for two to five years. To reissue all of them, it will take about twelve million yuan in capital, and three to four million yuan in capital will be needed every year in the future."

Shi Ronghuai's brows furrowed even tighter. Although Changshan County's fiscal revenue was much higher than before, the income was high, and the expenditure was also high. Now the county had to spend money everywhere. According to Shi Ronghuai's meaning, these laid-off workers should just be ignored and let them fend for themselves, wouldn't that be the end of it?

Twelve million yuan! And three or four million yuan every year in the future. With the increase in wages and workers retiring one after another, this sum of money would definitely be more and more in the future.

Shi Ronghuai asked, "What about other capital?"

Su Xinghui said, "At present, the county area has expanded, and the requirements for environmental sanitation have also increased. Therefore, a new batch of sanitation workers needs to be recruited. The first batch will probably recruit about one hundred. In addition, about fifty temporary workers in other positions need to be recruited. I plan to mainly recruit these positions for laid-off workers. This batch of sanitation workers and temporary workers will need about four or five hundred thousand yuan in capital every year."

This sum of money wasn't large, and Shi Ronghuai felt it didn't matter, so he nodded.

Su Xinghui said, "And there is the problem of public rental housing. Public rental housing is already under construction. I plan to mainly target these laid-off workers for the first batch to solve their housing problem. They now live in those sheds built with tar-felt. Not only are the conditions poor, but they are also very dangerous. If a fire breaks out, that will be a big thing."

Shi Ronghuai pondered. He had seen that kind of tar-felt shed. They were all built by workers' families because they had children and the original corridor-style apartment buildings couldn't hold them, so they built them in violation of regulations. There were also power lines pulled inside, and the power lines had been there for a long time, so short-circuit phenomena occurred from time to time. If a fire broke out, it would really be hard to save. There wasn't even a fire escape left there, and it would burn a large area if it burned.

Shi Ronghuai really had to guard against this kind of thing. If such an accident happened, he, as the head of the county government, would have to bear the main responsibility. Besides, the public rental housing had already started construction and didn't spend the county government's money, so Shi Ronghuai didn't have to worry about it, so he nodded again.

Su Xinghui said, "And there is giving laid-off workers some preferential policies to let them start their own businesses. This is also a way to solve the re-employment of laid-off workers."

Shi Ronghuai didn't need to oppose this either. Giving laid-off workers preferential policies was nothing more than giving some preferential treatment in tax and loan interest rates. Tax preference was fine. Anyway, there was no such tax revenue before. If they paid taxes, the county earned it. If they didn't pay taxes, it didn't matter, just treat it as if it didn't happen.

As for the preferential loan interest rate, that was the bank's business. Anyway, finance was managed by Su Xinghui, so let him communicate with the bank. So, he nodded again.

Su Xinghui said again, "There is another one, which is to set up a vocational skills training school. This work should be managed by the Labor Bureau. I have already thought of the location. Isn't the Labor Bureau moving to the new district soon? Their old office building can just be used to set up a school. The teaching staff is also easy to handle. Find some workers with good skills and let them be teachers. It won't cost much money in total, and the annual investment will be at most several hundred thousand yuan."

This one was also not a big problem, and Shi Ronghuai nodded again. Calculated this way, it was only the retirement pension of retired employees that was a relatively large expenditure.

However, this was also because Su Xinghui was really too capable. If it were other counties, even the public rental housing wouldn't be something they could bear. Just solving the public rental housing for laid-off workers would take at least more than a thousand sets, and it wouldn't be done without tens of millions. But Su Xinghui had already solved these problems without spending much money from the county.

Shi Ronghuai asked, "Is that all?"

Su Xinghui said, "That's about it. I think this problem must be solved. If it's not solved well, it may lead to relatively serious social problems. I heard that in other counties, some people have gone to the gate of the provincial government to sit-in."

Shi Ronghuai really didn't want to manage the retirement pension. This wasn't caused by him. He hadn't managed industry before. Besides, this was a national problem. Why should they manage it in Changshan?

However, after Su Xinghui said this, Shi Ronghuai was really a bit scared. If these laid-off workers were forced to a hurry and really went to sit-in at the gate of the provincial government, he, as the county magistrate, would really have to bear the consequences.

Shi Ronghuai pondered for a long time and said, "How about this, let's go to Secretary Ling's house together."

Actually, the fiscal revenue of Changshan County was increasing day by day, and the main infrastructure construction projects in the county were also under construction. Those funds didn't spend the money of the treasury, and they didn't need to be repaid by the treasury in the future. There were road tolls, and maybe there would be some income in the future.

Calculated this way, spending more than ten million yuan to solve the problem of laid-off workers was not unacceptable. However, Shi Ronghuai was an old fox. He naturally wouldn't make this decision himself. Tell Ling Anguo, let Ling Anguo make the decision, and he wouldn't have to bear any responsibility.

Shi Ronghuai wanted to go to Ling Anguo's house, and Su Xinghui and the three naturally wouldn't have any opinions. This matter should have been reported to the County Party Committee Secretary.

The four went to Ling Anguo's house together. Ling Anguo asked, "Why did you come over together late at night this weekend? What big thing happened?"

Shi Ronghuai said, "It's like this. Today, County Magistrate Su and the others came to my house to talk about the laid-off workers in our county. I think it makes sense, but I don't dare to make the decision alone, so we came to report to you together. County Magistrate Su, you should report this matter to Secretary Ling."

Ling Anguo looked at Su Xinghui, and Su Xinghui opened his mouth to tell the story of today again.

Ling Anguo also frowned, but he didn't feel that spending too much money to solve these problems was too much. He felt that he had some dereliction of duty. He had been the county magistrate for so many years and didn't care enough about these laid-off workers.

However, there were too many things in Changshan County, and many things had to be managed by the deputy county magistrate in charge. Ling Anguo didn't know the status quo of laid-off workers very well, which was understandable. However, he felt that he couldn't forgive himself.

Ling Anguo asked, "To thoroughly solve these problems, the capital needed at present is more than ten million yuan, right?"

Su Xinghui nodded, "For the time being, these are the expenditures. More than ten million yuan should be enough."

Ling Anguo asked, "Then is there any problem with the county treasury?"

Su Xinghui was in charge of finance, so he naturally knew this very well. He said, "There is no problem at present. There are more and more enterprises in the county, and the fiscal revenue is increasing. Especially the County Tourism Development Company, there are many tourists now, and the monthly tourism income is increasing. More than ten million yuan is less than one month's fiscal revenue of the county treasury."

Ling Anguo looked at Shi Ronghuai and said, "I don't think there is a big problem. The problem of laid-off workers really needs to be solved. If it's not solved, I'm afraid something big will happen. Since it only needs less than one month's fiscal revenue, the county should find a way to solve this matter. County Magistrate, what do you think?"

Seeing that Ling Anguo nodded and agreed, and the county's treasury could indeed afford this expenditure, what opinion did Shi Ronghuai have? He nodded, "Fine, let's discuss this problem at the County Magistrate's office meeting on Monday."

Seeing that Ling Anguo and Shi Ronghuai nodded and agreed, the big stone in Su Xinghui's heart fell. This problem of laid-off workers was basically solved.

Of course, this was also because Changshan County was not a traditional industrial county, and there were not many factories, so the number of laid-off workers was naturally not very large. Therefore, the capital needed to solve this problem was not too much. If it were a place with many factories and several tens of thousands of laid-off workers, this problem would be a bit difficult, and it wouldn't be solved without several hundred million in capital.

In the past, Changshan County was too poor to even take out such a little money. Now Changshan County was much richer than before. So, it was time to thoroughly solve this problem. If this problem was not solved, if something big happened in the future, it would be too late to regret.

Su Xinghui felt very gratified that this matter could be solved in this way.