The field is set, let the races begin!

Well, let the race begin, anyway.

As the curtain closed on the candidate filing period last week, there were few surprises in the city of Bonney Lake with a pair of council members officially filing for re-election and two more officially calling it a career.

Both Councilmembers Mark Hamilton and James Rackley, who previously indicated their intention to run for another term made it official. Neither will face an opponent in the primary or general election.

Councilmembers Laurie Carter and Dan Decker, however, did not file as candidates, bringing to an end their time on the city council.

Carter announced her intention not to run several weeks ago while Decker made an official announcement during the June 7 council workshop.

Both said it was always their intention to serve a single term and then move on.

Carter’s successor appears to be Tom Watson, who is the only candidate filed for her position on the council. Watson did not return an email requesting comment.

Decker’s open seat will be the only contested race this fall as two candidates well known around the city have filed for his position.

Planning Commissioner Katrina Minton-Davis and former Planning Commissioner Quinn Dahlstrom have both filed to run.

Minton-Davis, 45, has lived in Bonney Lake since 2002. She has been on the Planning Commission since 2006 and presently serves as vice-chair. Asked what drove her to file for election, Minton-Davis said there was not a particular issue that got her to run, but instead the opportunity to help continue to shape the city and help form its identity.

“The council has had the opportunity in recent years to make progress in shaping the city and making it a place that we are proud to call home,” she said in an email. “But there is still much to do.”

Dahlstrom is also well known around the city. She often files public records requests with the city and maintains and email list of city residents to whom she sends items of interest such as agendas and collections of official emails. Dahlstrom refused to answer any questions, calling them “irrelevant” and directing citizens to her voters pamphlet statement and her Facebook page.

“I am not running against anyone, I am running for the citizens of this city,” she said in an email.

This fall marks the first election in which residents from all parts of the city can vote on every council race. The council last year ended the city’s ward system in favor of an entirely at-large council.

The Primary Election is August 16 and the General Election is November 8.