Brent Taylor

On January 8, 2019, Acting Mayor Chugg was chosen to serve out the remainder of Taylor's term.

In February 2019, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution to rename the North Ogden Department of Veterans Affairs Outstation as the Major Brent Taylor Vet Center Outstation.

In 2009, Taylor was elected to a four-year term on the North Ogden City Council. He ran for mayor in 2013, receiving 56.79% of the vote, defeating fellow Council Member Wade Bigler. He ran unopposed in 2017 and was re-elected to a second term. On January 5, 2018, Taylor was ordered to deploy to Afghanistan later that month for a period of 400 days. He recommended Brent Chugg to serve as acting mayor during his absence, which was approved by the City Council. Chugg was sworn in on January 19.

On November 3, 2018, a member of the Afghan National Security Forces opened fire at a base near Kabul, where Taylor and other service members were helping to train them. Taylor was killed and another service member was injured. Other Afghan forces returned fire, shooting the gunman.

Taylor was an Eagle Scout. He received his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University, in political science, in 2006, and his master's degree, in public administration from University of Utah. Taylor was working on a doctorate in international relations at University of Utah in 2012.

He graduated from Chandler High School, in Chandler, Arizona, in 1997, where he was student body president.

Brent Russell Taylor (July 6, 1979 – November 3, 2018) was an American politician and Army National Guard officer. He served as mayor of North Ogden, Utah from January 2013 until November 2018, when he was killed while serving in Afghanistan.