With candidate filing week officially opening on Monday, City Councilmember Marcie Palmer has announced her plans to run for a fourth term.

Palmer, 57, said she is proud of her time on the council and is looking forward to the opportunity to complete some of the projects she has started  if re-elected.

“Renton has changed a lot in the 12 years I’ve been here,” she said. “And I think in the most part it’s changed for the better.”

Palmer said she and her husband have lived in Renton for 32 years, 30 of them in Kennydale. The couple have two children, one at college and the other a junior in high school.

Though her background is in public relations and marketing, Palmer said after she had children she became a “stay-at-home- mom who never stayed home.”

Palmer currently serves as the chair of the council’s Transportation/Aviation Committee, a position she has held for 10 years, as well as vice-chair of the Community Services Committee and as a member of the Planning and Development Committee. She is also a former council president and previously served as chair of the Community Services Committee.

Palmer said she is especially proud of her work with the Renton Municipal Airport, which was one of the issues that prompted her to first run for the council.

She also cited her work on the regional transportation boards and her early and vocal support for the F Line Rapid Transit bus, in particular, working to get it extended from the Transit Center downtown to The Landing so it could get workers closer to the Boeing plant, as well as the businesses in that section of town.

Palmer said she would like to be re-elected to continue working on the city’s Comprehensive Plan update, as well as the potential transition to a Regional Fire Authority, expected to go to voters in the next year or so.

On the Comprehensive Plan, she said while it was important to allow for continued growth, it was also important to respect the wishes of current residents and business as far as their neighborhoods and how they will look in the future, which she said she can help bring to the table.

Palmer is also a member of the committee working on the RFA and said the decision on how to provide fire service is an important one she is happy will go to the voters.

Palmer’s is one of five council seats up for election this year. Ruth Perez, Don Persson and Ed Prince have all declared their intentions to run for re-election. Greg Taylor’s plans are unknown.

Candidate filing period is May 11-15.