The Cabinet of Ministers grants funding to the Valmiera Municipality local government

The Cabinet of Ministers has adopted Order No. 598 “On the granting of funding to the Valmiera Municipality”. The notice of this decision was published in the official publication Latvijas Vēstnesis on October 1, 2026, in issue No. 189 (OP 2026/189), in the “CONSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONS” section — Cabinet of Ministers part, under sequence number 45. With this order, it was decided at the government level to allocate funding to the Valmiera Municipality, which affects the municipality’s budget and the services available to residents.

Order No. 598 is one of 56 official notices in the October 1, 2026 issue. The series of Cabinet of Ministers orders in this issue covers documents from No. 586 to No. 600, and the granting of funding to the Valmiera Municipality is included among the budget matters published in a single block with appropriation redistribution and other state fund decisions.

Official Publication and Document Location in the Issue

The order was published in Latvijas Vēstnesis on October 1, 2026, in issue No. 189 (OP 2026/189), and its official reference is point 45 of the Cabinet of Ministers section of this issue. Adjacent government orders in the same issue:

• No. 597 — On the redistribution of appropriations from the budget resource “74. Funding to be redistributed in the annual state budget execution process” program 24.00.00 “State Defense and Security Fund”;
• No. 598 — On the granting of funding to the Valmiera Municipality;
• No. 599 — On the share of profit for 2025 to be paid to the state by state limited liability companies in the health sector as dividends;
• No. 600 — On the declaration of a state of emergency.

It should be noted that Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 598 on the implementation rules for specific support objective 5.1.1 of the European Union cohesion policy program for 2021–2027 were also published in the same issue — this is a different document with the same number.

Context of the Valmiera Municipality Budget

The granting of funding occurs at a time when the Valmiera Municipality is refining its 2026 budget. On January 29, 2026, the municipal council approved binding regulations No. 170 “On the 2026 Budget of the Valmiera Municipality”, and on September 28, 2026, amendments to these regulations were published in Latvijas Vēstnesis No. 186 via the Valmiera Municipal Council binding regulations No. 189.

Other decisions related to the municipality’s finances and service planning:

• Valmiera Municipality Council binding regulations No. 186 (September 2, 2026) — amendments to the participatory budget regulations No. 163;
• Valmiera Municipality Council binding regulations No. 187 (September 1, 2026) — amendments to regulations No. 123 on the use and management of the Valmiera Industrial Park territory and public infrastructure;
• Valmiera Municipality Council binding regulations No. 188 (September 7, 2026) — the procedure by which the municipality compensates students for travel expenses for the use of public transport.

Other government decisions regarding Valmiera Municipality

The government also made decisions related to Valmiera Municipality in previous weeks. On September 24, 2026, in Latvijas Vēstnesis No. 184, the Cabinet of Ministers order No. 566 “On the transfer of the Valmiera municipality real estate ‘Podzēnu stiga’ into state ownership” was published. Meanwhile, on August 17, 2026, in Latvijas Vēstnesis No. 156, the Cabinet of Ministers order No. 474 “On the sale of state real estate at Pāvila Rozīša street 9, Valmiera, Valmiera municipality” was published.

What is currently known about the content of the order

The official announcement indicates the title of the order, the number, and the issuing body — the Cabinet of Ministers. The issue’s table of contents does not reflect the amount of funding allocated, the purpose, or the payment deadline; these data are in the text of the order itself, published in the same issue No. 189.

The allocation of funding to the Valmiera municipality is a decision of local significance: it increases the funds available to the municipality and affects which services the council can provide to residents in 2026. Since the decision was made at the government level and published in the official publication, it is publicly verifiable, and its implementation can be compared with the municipality’s budget amendments.

Official source: Cabinet of Ministers order No. 598 “On the allocation of funding to the Valmiera municipality”, published in Latvijas Vēstnesis, October 1, 2026, No. 189 (OP 2026/189), section “CONSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONS”, Cabinet of Ministers part, point 45. Publication: https://www.vestnesis.lv/url/16990?content=1