Hoquiam Mayor Jasmine Dickhoff will seek a second term, she said Friday.

“In my first term I have taken on projects that address the real underlying issues our community has faced over the last few decades,” she said. “Great strides have been made in the areas we have prioritized such as the Timberworks Master Plan, working with the Port of Grays Harbor to attract significant industrial growth such as the BHP potash export facility, and investing just over $6 million in our infrastructure in just the first three years.”

Dickhoff pointed to the 2019-2020 budget as including “an additional police officer, a police records specialist position as well as a full time code enforcement officer to address derelict properties.” And the city found money for the newly formed Hoquiam Beautification Committee, she said, adding the establishment of “historic administrative partnerships with the cities of Aberdeen and Cosmopolis” saved taxpayers money that has been redirected to properly outfit the police, public works and fire departments.

“Recovering from challenging financial setbacks for a community takes a great deal of thoughtful planning and persistence,” said Dickhoff.

Dickhoff is a member of the Grays Harbor Transit Board of Directors and said “we have prioritized bringing back Sunday bus services.” Weekend bus service had been cut in 2013; in 2017 weekend bus service returned, and in early May 2018 weekend bus service was upped to match weekday service.

Looking ahead, Dickhoff said she would “aggressively seek solutions to issues surrounding the lack of affordable housing, homelessness and resource connectivity.”

Dickhoff served on the city council from 2007 until she was elected mayor in 2015.

She has one challenger so far, Hoquiam attorney and City Councilman Ben Winkelman, who announced his candidacy April 1.