Mayor Tim Woolley is only the eighth man to serve as mayor of the City of Taylor in its half-century-plus existence. Others to serve as mayor are Richard Trolley, S. Richard Marshall, Donald Zub, Cameron (Kim) Priebe, Gregory Pitoniak, Jeffrey Lamarand and Rick Sollars.
“(Becoming mayor) is the proudest moment of my life, other than the birth of my two children," he said. "I congratulate all of the other elected officials who won in November. We’re teammates now. We’re a team. We might not always agree, but we’ll have good conversations.”
Mayor Woolley was elected mayor on November 2, 2021. He took 50.72 percent of the votes, with 5,556. State Representative Alex Garza finished with 40.86 percent (4,434 votes).
City Council background
He served two four-year terms on the Taylor City Council before becoming mayor. Having received the second highest vote total in 2017, first served as City Council chairman pro-tem before replacing then-Chairman Garza, who opted to run for the State House of Representatives in 2019.
“I’m proud of my years on council,” he said during his inauguration ceremonies on November 10 at the Lakes of Taylor Golf Course. “We worked together. I respect so many of the colleagues. Mayor Sollars deserves credit, too. Now, I want to keep our community moving forward. I want to work hard. I’m the mayor, but I’m still Tim. But I do want to change the conversation we’ve been having for two years now. Let’s focus on rising. Rising above. It’s not about ‘me,’ it’s about ‘we’.”