Editing Lufkin, Texas (section)

===Municipal government===
According to the city's 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Lufkin's various funds had $38.8 million in revenue, $43.7 million in expenditures, $85.7 million in total assets, $5.3 million in total liabilities, and $14.9 million in cash and investments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cityoflufkin.com/finance/pdfs/2018/Complete%202017%20CAFR.pdf|last=Wright P.E. |first=Keith N.|date=June 12, 2018|title=City of Lufkin, Texas Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017 pg.32-41|access-date=July 8, 2019}}</ref>

The City of Lufkin has a [[council-manager]] form of government. The city is divided into six city council districts, and the mayor is elected by a citywide vote. All elected positions are elected on a [[Non-partisan democracy|nonpartisan]] ballot, as required by Texas law. The city council's responsibility is to make all legislative and policy decisions, while the responsibility of the city manager is to decide all administrative decisions.<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Lufkin |url=http://cityoflufkin.com/government.htm |website=cityoflufkin.com |access-date=4 January 2020 |archive-date=February 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204070421/http://cityoflufkin.com/government.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! District !! Name 
|-}
| Mayor || Mark Hicks
|- 
| 1 || Guessippina Bonner
|- 
| 2 || Robert Shankle 
|- 
| 3 || Brent Watkins 
|- 
| 4 || Kim Ogden 
|- 
| 5 || Jimmy Ford
|- 
| 6 || Adam Lowther 
|}
*[[City Manager]], Kevin Gee<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Lufkin |url=http://www.cityoflufkin.com/Staff/wright.htm |website=cityoflufkin.com |access-date=4 January 2020 |archive-date=December 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226184655/http://cityoflufkin.com/staff/wright.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Secretary (title)|City Secretary]], Kara Andrepont<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cityoflufkin.com/cs/index.htm|date=February 2012|title=Lufkin City Council|work=City of Lufkin|access-date=July 8, 2019|archive-date=July 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708201251/http://cityoflufkin.com/cs/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Crime====
In 2018, Lufkin's crime rate was 4,666 crimes per 100,000 persons, which was an overall decrease by 2% from 2017; 134 violent crimes and 1,403 property crimes were reported.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cityoflufkin.com/police/pdfs/2019/2018_AnnualReportFINAL.pdf |access-date=4 January 2020 |title=Archived copy |archive-date=January 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104050946/http://cityoflufkin.com/police/pdfs/2019/2018_AnnualReportFINAL.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>