Lawrence City Commissioner Boog Highberger said he’s going to run for office again.

“There are a lot of projects that we started that I’d like to see finished,” Highberger said. “I think we’ve made a lot of progress in the last four years.”

Highberger, who was first elected in 2003, plans to formally file for a second term at 4:30 p.m. today at City Hall.

He plans to make the event festive with fiddle music and homemade cookies.

Highberger said one of his key successes in the past four years was a living wage ordinance, which requires companies that receive a tax abatement to pay a living wage of at least $10.38 per hour, which is 130 percent of the federal poverty level.

He also said the city’s planning process is now more responsive to new residents.

“I think we’ve made a lot of progress in making our city more pedestrian- and bike-friendly, but we’ve got a long way to go, and I want to work on that,” he said.

He also wants to work on implementing the recommendations of the American Institute of Architects Sustainable Design Assessment Team report. One aspect of that report he wants to focus on, if re-elected, is diversity.

“I want to work toward making sure we have a really broadly inclusive community,” he said.

Highberger, 47, works as an attorney for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Three other candidates have filed for the April 3 election, including Rob Chestnut, chief financial officer at Allen Press, and Mike Dever, owner of a Lawrence-based environmental consulting firm.

The filing deadline is Jan. 23. If more than six candidates emerge, a primary will be held Feb. 27.