NOTICE of Public Hearing
City of Lockhart and Lockhart Economic Development Corp.
Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budgets and the 2025 City of Lockhart Tax Rate
The City Council of the City of Lockhart and the Board of Directors of the Lockhart
Economic Development Corporation notifies the public of public hearings on the
following items that will be presented to the City Council for their consideration:
• Public hearing for citizen input regarding theuse of City funds for the Fiscal Year
beginning October 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2026.
• Public hearing for citizen input regarding the City of Lockhart 2025 Tax Rate.
The City Council will hold public hearings on September 2, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Council Chambers, Clark Library Annex, 217 South Main Street, 3rd Floor, Lockhart,
Texas to allow for public comments on the upcoming budget and tax rate.
This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year’s budget by $1,604,671,
which is a 22.10% increase, and of that amount $929,171 is tax revenue to be raised
from new property added to the tax roll this year.
Copies of the budgets are available for public inspection at the desk of the City
Secretary, the lobby of City Hall, and at the Dr. Eugene Clark Library. An electronic
version of the budget can be found on the City’s website https://www.lockhart-tx.org/page/finance. Ordinances establishing the budget and property tax rates for the
year October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, will be considered on September
2, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. at the Council Chambers, Clark Library Annex, 217 South Main
Street, 3rd Floor, Lockhart, Texas. All interested persons are invited and encouraged to
attend the hearing.
I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board in the
Municipal Building, 308 West San Antonio Street, Lockhart, Texas, on the 15th day of
August, 2025 at Lockhart City Hall.
Julie Bowermon
City Secretary