The South Kurzeme Municipality Council has officially published the 2026 budget amendments

The Dienvidkurzeme Municipality Council has officially announced amendments to the 2026 municipal budget. The amendments were published in the official publication Latvijas Vēstnesis on November 5, 2026, in issue No. 214, with the official reference OP 2026/214, under section MUNICIPALITIES, point 4. The announcement states that the council has adopted binding regulations No. 2026/11.

The amendments apply to the already in-force Dienvidkurzeme Municipality Council binding regulations No. 2026/1 “On the Dienvidkurzeme Municipality budget for 2026”. This means that the main budget regulations are not being replaced by a new document, but are instead being amended by a separate amendment act.

Who decided and where it was announced

The decision was made by the Dienvidkurzeme Municipality Council – the municipality’s decision-making body, which is responsible for approving the municipal budget and amending it throughout the year.

• Institution: Dienvidkurzeme Municipality Council
• Type of act: binding regulations
• Act number: No. 2026/11
• Act being amended: binding regulations No. 2026/1 “On the Dienvidkurzeme Municipality budget for 2026”
• Official publication: Latvijas Vēstnesis, November 5, 2026, No. 214, OP 2026/214, point 4
• Publication section: MUNICIPALITIES

What the announcement reveals and what it does not

The official announcement OP 2026/214 provides the title of the act, its number, and the precise title of the document being amended. The publication announcement does not list specific revenue or expenditure items, redistributed amounts, program names, or deadlines – this information is contained within the binding regulations No. 2026/11 themselves.

The fact that the amendments are published separately from the main budget act is standard practice: as revenues or expenditure needs change during the year, the council amends the already approved document rather than adopting a new budget.

Budget amendments as a routine November practice

The same issue of Latvijas Vēstnesis, No. 214, also includes budget corrections for other municipalities. For example, the Līvāni Municipality Council published amendments to its February 16, 2026, binding regulations No. 1 “Līvāni Municipality budget for 2026” with binding regulations No. 12.

• Dienvidkurzeme Municipality Council – budget amendments, binding regulations No. 2026/11
• Līvāni Municipality Council – budget amendments, binding regulations No. 12
• Common feature: in both cases, the corrections apply to the main budget act approved at the beginning of the year

What this means for the municipality’s residents

The redistribution of the municipal budget is a document that determines how much money will actually reach local services – educational institutions, social assistance, and the maintenance of municipal infrastructure – and which investments can continue until the end of the year.

Since these amendments affect the municipality’s 2026 budget, they are relevant to anyone who uses municipal services or plans to cooperate with the municipality within this budget year. Residents can verify specific amounts and items by reviewing the full text of binding regulation No. 2026/11, published in the November 5, 2026, issue of Latvijas Vēstnesis.

Source: Latvijas Vēstnesis, November 5, 2026, No. 214, OP 2026/214, point 4 – Binding regulations of the Dienvidkurzeme Municipality Council No. 2026/11 “Amendments to binding regulations No. 2026/1 ‘On the 2026 budget of the Dienvidkurzeme municipality’”. Public reference: https://www.vestnesis.lv/url/17025