Akmenė revises municipal grant competition rules

Akmenė district revised the rules for its municipal-budget grant competitions. The Akmenės rajono savivaldybės taryba adopted decision No. T-207 of 9 November 2026E TAR in Naujoji Akmenė, amending decision No. T-98 of 25 April 2022E TAR that approved the procedure for organising and financing programme-project competitions funded from the Savivaldybės biudžetasE TAR. The amendment cites Article 12 of the Viešojo administravimo įstatymas and point 6.8.3 of the 12th public-sector accounting standard on long-term tangible assets, and restates the 2022 decision's preamble on the basis of points 8, 12, 13, 16, 18, 29 and 44 of Article 6 and Article 15(4) of the Vietos savivaldos įstatymas.

Programme ownership is now explicit. The Savivaldybės jaunimo reikalų koordinatorius (patarėjas) runs the Jaunimo iniciatyvų ir laisvalaikio užimtumo plėtojimo programa, and the Sveikatos reikalų koordinatorius (patarėjas) runs the Visuomenės sveikatos rėmimo specialiąją programą. Point 13 of the procedure is repealed.

Point 34 as amended provides that Savivaldybės biudžeto lėšomis negali būti finansuojama the following: the applicant's arrears for past periods; insurance (vehicles, buildings, persons and similar), leasing and hire-purchase; reconstruction and capital repair of buildings (premises) and construction of structures, except own community houses registered with the state enterprise Registrų centras; vehicle repair and operating costs other than fuel and rental; and infrastructure projects, including small-architecture objects, implemented anywhere other than land owned by the municipality, held by it under use or trust rights, or state land designated for common public use — unless a non-governmental organisation or community owns the land or the objects where the project is implemented.E TAR Also excluded is acquisition of long-term assets at or above the minimum value set in the 12th public-sector accounting standard, unless the applicant contributes at least 60 percent of the financing from its own fundsE TAR; that asset rule does not apply to public-sector entities.

The application annex table is restated: copies of cooperation contracts or agreements with project partners where the project uses partners, authorisations where needed, and other project-relevant information in free form as required by the programme implementation and funding rules. Competitions whose organisation and financing procedures started before this decision's entry into force are completed under the previously valid wording of the procedure.E TAR

Legal basis: Akmenės rajono savivaldybės tarybos 2026 m. lapkričio 9 d. sprendimas Nr. T-207, adopted under Viešojo administravimo įstatymo 12 straipsnis and the 12th public-sector accounting standard 6.8.3 papunktis, restating the preamble under Vietos savivaldos įstatymo 6 straipsnio 8, 12, 13, 16, 18, 29, 44 punktai and 15 straipsnio 4 dalis.