Photo Courtesy City of Round RockFrom left: Round Rock City Council members Carlos T. Salinas, Craig Morgan, George White, Kris Whitfield, Mayor Alan McGraw, Joe Clifford and John Moman
Round Rock City Councilman George White announced his bid and filing for re-election to Place 2 on Jan. 30. Place 6 member and Mayor Pro Tem Kris Whitfield has also confirmed a bid for re-election.
White has served on the council since 2008 and is also involved with boards for the YMCA of Williamson County, St. David's Round Rock Medical Center, the Round Rock Community Center, the Round Rock Rotary Club and the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post. He represents Round Rock with the Rural Capitol Area Work Force Solutions and leads its business committee. In the past, he has served as president of the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority and was voted Round Rock Citizen of the Year in 2005.
If re-elected, White hopes to continue Round Rock's focus on the future by watching city revenue and spending as well as increasing infrastructure and economic development with projects such as the construction of a sports complex.
"I think we need to keep a very vigilant posture in watching sales tax revenues and watching city spending," White said. [Also] dealing with infrastructure, particularly roads and utilities; we have a number of roads that we've built for the past few years ... we need to focus now on the west side of [I-35]. Overriding all of that is just maintaining our quality of life that we've managed to build up."
