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On Wednesday, 36 members of the municipal council unanimously approved the appointment of L. Koriznienė as director of administration by secret ballot, having previously removed the former director of administration by consensus at his request. Mr. Podersky leaves his position to move to the private sector, IT services company Tesonet.
L. Koriznienė recently headed the Personnel Department of Vilnius Municipality, held various positions in the administration for 16 years.
He said that he will seek to ensure “constant communication with the population” by informing about decisions, publicizing projects, as well as paying special attention to the elaboration of Vilnius’ strategic plan, transformation of rest areas, he hopes that the general plan will be approved. from the city. and revived the southern part of the capital.
Among other objectives, it promises to work more intensively with the central government, transparency and the efficiency of municipal companies. She identified managing COVID-19 situations as one of her most important tasks.
“We have to do tests, prepare for mass vaccination, vaccinate not only in polyclinics, but also prepare vaccination sites. We have repeatedly talked about the students going back to school, not so much physically, but helping them to integrate (.. .), and it’s also important to have the necessary tools, because we don’t know when a pandemic might strike again, “she said.
Mr. Podersky described the national stadium and Lazdynai basin projects as “two failures”, which could not be implemented due to political disagreements and court disputes, and in the basin case, the bankruptcy of the contractor.
According to P. Poderskis, during his leadership the administration managed to change the working culture of the municipality, more than 360 various real estate projects were completed, including Gabija, Balsiai, Vilnius school buildings, reconstruction of Vilnius high school, bicycle path infrastructure, corporate governance and municipal revenues grew.
“Really, it is very clear that Vilnius still has very little money. Despite all the efforts, both Vilnius and other cities suffer from the fact that many projects depend on the grace of the central government, and this has been very visible during the last legislature of the Seimas ”, said P. Poderskis.
In addition to praise from his colleagues, Mr. Poderski was accompanied by criticism from the opposition. Former Mayor Artūras Zuokas reminded the director of the investigation carried out by the Financial Crimes Investigation Service (FNTT) on the purchase of lung ventilators, when according to the agreement concluded with the Andrikus company, the Vilnius Municipal Administration paid 100% to the company . advance, but the device has not been delivered to the buyer within the terms established in the contract.
Mr. Podersky was questioned as a special witness in this study last year.
“The lesson here would probably be not to have to repeat it the next time, but on the other hand, the situation could have been different: if those 10 devices had been missing for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, we would have had a different conversation (.. An investigation was launched, half the money was returned and the other half was frozen. When the courts stop working, the Vilnius municipality will recover the money, “he said.
