Several newcomers stepped forward for open public offices on South Whidbey this week.

The Langley City Council, the South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District and South Whidbey Fire/EMS all saw people file for open seats during Island County filing week, which ended at 4:30 p.m. May 15, after The Record went to press.

Despite having three positions up for election, only two newcomers filed. Both were for Position 3, currently held by Councilman Jim Sundberg, who decided not to seek re-election. Ursula Shoudy and Eric Levine are running for that position.

The Langley City Council will likely see a pair of familiar faces next year. Councilman Bruce Allen is seeking his second term unopposed, as is Robin Black who is seeking to serve the remaining two years of the Position 2 term that was vacated by Margot Jerome midway through 2014.

South Whidbey Fire/EMS has only one candidate for its open commissioner, Position 3: Frank Mestemacher, who has previously run for the fire protection district’s board.

The South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District commissioner positions up for election have one incumbent and one newcomer. Don Wood, who has served on the board for years, filed for another term Friday morning. Clinton resident Dennis Hunter, a retired teacher, filed for Position 4 after Commissioner Joel Gerlach chose to not file after serving just one four-year term.

A pair of people seeking their first public office filed to be the next mayor of Langley, joining a city councilman in the race that will require a primary election this August.

As of Friday morning, the mayor’s race was the only position with more than one person filing. Councilman Thomas Gill, Sharon Emerson and Tim Callison each filed to be the city’s next top administrator in 2016.

There is no incumbent in the mayor’s race. Mayor Fred McCarthy, who was appointed in February 2013 and elected that fall, decided not to run this year after filling out former mayor Larry Kwarsick’s term.

“I’m pleased multiple people filed for the position, because it’s a great job,” McCarthy said.

The Public Hospital District for Whidbey General Hospital’s board of commissioners has a pair of contested positions. Three people filed for Position 2, which stretches from Freeland to north of Coupeville. Incumbent Georgia Gardener of Coupeville is seeking re-election against challengers Robert Born of Greenbank and Rita Bartell Drum of Oak Harbor. Position 4, based largely in Oak Harbor, has two candidates in incumbent Nancy Fey and challenger Erika Carnahan.

The South Whidbey School District did not have any races with more than one candidate, despite having four positions up this fall. Directors Damian Greene and Linda Racicot both filed for election to a second four-year term, with Julie Hadden filing to fill out a vacated term for the next two years after being appointed late in 2014. Shawn Nowlin filed for position 4, currently held by Steve Scoles who decided to step away after more than a decade of public service.

Both incumbents, Jack Ng and Ed Halloran, for the Port of South Whidbey board of commissioners are running unopposed.

The Holmes Harbor Sewer District had a candidate for each commissoner position in Paul Kiernan and Bob Miller.

Freeland Water and Sewer District Commissioner Eric Hansen is running unopposed to another six-year term.