The purpose of this paper is to understand how lower level local councilors in Korea allocate their limited time to different activities and how their individual, institutional, and political variables are related to their time management. Result of analysis shows that time allocation of local councilors varies with their representation type and election status. And local councilors of the city amalgamated with the adjacent county allocate more time to the informal activities than those of county. More important finding is that lower lever local councilors in Korea take priority in performing the role of caseworker rather than that of policy-maker or manager among the three expected roles. They spend their time most on showing up family events of voters such as wedding and funeral. This behavior reflects the shared perception among local councilors that showing up family events of voters and taking good care of civil petition or providing better constituent services are the best strategy for next election rather than being active in local council meetings. Overall result of this study implies that policy measures focusing on legal and institutional aspects are not enough to improve the current state of local council in Korea.