The mayors of both Oak Harbor and Coupeville are running for re-election, but a well-known Oak Harbor councilman won’t be on the November ballot after nearly 12 years on the job.

Candidate filing week is May 13-17 and potential candidates are in the process of deciding whether to make a run of it. A lot of important positions on Whidbey Island will be on the ballot this November.

Oak Harbor Mayor Bob Severns said he will seek reelection. Resident Patrick Harman already announced that he is also running for the position because of his concerns about the financial decisions city leaders have made, among other issues.

Three years and a few months into his first term, Severns said he still has some things that he wants to accomplish.

“I think I’ve laid the groundwork to really get some things done,” he said.

Severns said he plans to work on developing economic opportunities in the city, improve the availability of workforce housing and continue to ensure that the community is among the safest in the state.

While he’s been mayor, the sewage treatment plant has been completed and came online and Windjammer Park will soon be opened after major renovations.

In Coupeville, Mayor Molly Hughes said she will also run for a second term after a busy first term.

Less than a year after taking office, she learned per- and polyfluoralkyl chemicals found in firefighting foam used by the Navy were detected in one of the town’s wells.

A new water treatment system, paid for by the Navy and meant to remove the potentially harmful chemicals, is expected to come online this summer.

“It’s consumed the majority of my first term,” Hughes said of the project.

She said there was also an unusually high amount of construction during the last few years and her administration has been successful at receiving funding from the Transportation Improvement Board for road projects, such as improvements to South Main Street and a new sidewalk section on Alexander Street slated for construction this summer.

Three seats on the Oak Harbor City Council are open. Councilwomen Tara Hizon and Beth Munns both said they are planning on running.

Councilman Rick Almberg, however, said he’s stepping down after 12 years on the council and seven years before that on the planning commission.

Almberg said it’s time to take a break.

Almberg was heavily involved in the sewage treatment plant project and as a former member of the Island Transit board.

On the Coupeville Town Council, Jackie Henderson said she is undecided about running, Rick Walti said he will run again and Catherine Ballay said she will not.

Two seats are open on the WhidbeyHealth hospital district. Ron Wallin is undecided about running again and Nancy Fey said she will.

Oak Harbor School Board President Peter Hunt said he’s not planning to run.

Bob Hallahan said he will run again and Jessica Aws, who was appointed, is going to run.

Coupeville School Board members Christine Sears, Brent Stevens and Glenda Merwine all said they will file to run again.

Marvin Koorn, on the North Whidbey Fire and Rescue Board, said he hasn’t decided if he will run for re-election.

There’s also a vacant position on the Port of Coupeville because William Bell resigned.