Mayor’s Office

Mayor Carroll "Lew"  Watson

The Mayor is the executive branch of the City and serves as the chief administrative officer who is responsible for the following:

• Managing and directing the City’s seven departments and a team of eighty-five plus employees
• Preparing and executing the budgets of the City
• Implementing policies and procedures of the Lincoln City Council
• Providing direction in absence of Council policy
• As an elected official, the Mayor is the chief presiding officer at all Council meetings who has the power of:
  • A voting member of the Council
  • Making policy recommendations to the Council
  • Serving as the ambassador for the City both at home and in the national arena
  • Appoints Planning and Zoning Commission members

To contact the mayor call (205) 763-4000