Council Representative Wilbert Austin, Sr. was elected to the City Council on May 13, 2006 and re-elected on May 10, 2008. He has served as the Pastor of the Peaceful Rest Baptist Church in Moody for the past 26 years. Austin previously worked at Owens-Illinois until his retirement. Austin is a graduate of A.J. Moore High School in Waco. In 1990, he graduated from the Guadalupe Seminary. He has served as the president of the East Brazos Neighborhood Association, a board member for Waco Transit, and as a board member for the United Way. He is married to Pearl, his wife of 45 years. They have two sons, Wilbert Austin, Jr. and Edrick Austin; three daughters, Betty Austin, Peggy Caufield, and Sara Chopman; and four grandchildren.
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