Well-Known Civic Leader Announces City Council Bid

ROUND ROCK, TX -- Local banker Rene Flores has announced he’ll be throwing his hat in the ring in pursuit of the Place 2 seat on the Round Rock City Council.

The announcement comes one day after incumbent George White disclosed he won’t seek re-election in May, the Austin American-Statesman notes.

A community banker with Texas First Bank, Flores has served on the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission since 2011. He recently completed a five-year stint on the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce board of directors.

“My wife, Cynthia, and I discovered early on that if we raised our hand to help, Round Rock would welcome us and our efforts,” Flores said in a news release.

Flores has a long record of civic service.

In late 2014, he was appointed to a board position with the Rural Capital Area Workforce Solutions, representing the private sector. He recently completed the Citizen’s Police Academy conducted by the Round Rock Police Department, and is a 2009 graduate of the chamber’s Leadership Round Rock program.

Flores currently serves as vice president for the Round Rock Noon Rotary club, and is part of the finance committee at St. William Catholic Church in Round Rock, the parish he and his family attend.

He also belongs to the El Amistad Club, and previously served as a volunteer youth coach with the city’s parks and recreation department and the YMCA.

The city council election date is May 7.