Our Guest Book Home have visited this page since January 7, 1999. The City of Lockhart is chartered as a home rule city in the State of Texas.
Local government is administered through a council-manager form of government.
Citizens are represented on the City Council by six elected members, four from single member districts, and a mayor who is elected at large. The Council appoints one of its members as a mayor pro-tem to chair the council in the absence of the mayor. The mayor is recognized as the head of city government for ceremonial and emergency purposes and is a voting member of the Council. The City Council responsibilities include setting policy, adopting local ordinances, setting the tax rate, approving the budget and approving major land transactions. The Council also appoints citizen members of boards and commissions and the the city manager.