Duncan will seek final term

Vice Mayor Jack Duncan confirmed Friday that he will seek a third and final term on the Longboat Key Town Commission.

Duncan, 65, had announced in July that he would not seek another term.

However, he said he decided to reconsider his decision after conversations with many people who urged him to run again.

“The premier issue, also the thing that was most compelling that they were seeking me out to help get us through was the obvious one on the table: revising the Comprehensive Plan and getting our coding and zoning up to date,” Duncan said.

Duncan joined the commission in 2011 and holds the District 2 seat. The commission voted him into the vice mayor’s seat earlier this year.

Mayor Jim Brown will term limit out of his District 4 seat next spring. Commissioner Phill Younger has qualified to run for a final term in his at-large seat.

As of Thursday afternoon, no other candidates had announced plans to run in the town’s March 2015 general municipal election.

Duncan described whether he will hold the mayor’s seat if re-elected as a commission decision.

“That’s not a compelling reason to do this,” Duncan said. “It will be up to the commission, but we have really great members, any one of who would be able to do the job. If that happens, fine, I’d be honored to serve, but if it’s someone else, that’s fine, too.”

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