The process of optimizing city authorities began immediately after the elections, reducing the number of council committees and the number of vice-mayors.
Latvian Radio reports that this Thursday, October 30, the Daugavpils City Council plans to make a decision on the merger and liquidation of several municipal institutions. This will affect city museums, libraries, educational, and sports institutions. The leadership of the Daugavpils City Council explains that this optimization is necessary for the centralization of administrative processes and to ensure maximum efficiency of expenditures. At the same time, the Daugavpils City Council is liquidating several municipal enterprises and plans to dissolve more municipal enterprise councils.
For example, the Latgale Culinary Heritage Center "Shmakovka" will be merged with the Daugavpils Center for Technology and Industrial Design "Engineering Arsenal." The institution "Daugavpils Palace of Culture" will subsequently host a National Minorities Center, the Education Department will merge with the Youth and Sports Department, the "Fortress and Museums" department will be dissolved, and significant changes are expected in the museums of Daugavpils overall.
The optimization of institutions will also lead to staff reductions. This will allow for savings in the city budget.
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