Sam Fields, a bail bondsman, filed this morning to run for one of three open seats on the Lawrence City Commission.

Fields, 46, 1201 Ohio, said he has lived in Lawrence since 1989. He has owned AJ’s and Applejack’s bonding companies for 12 years.

Fields said he decided to run for the commission because he favors putting a new library at the Riverfront Mall and he wants a cleaner downtown.

There will be a primary on Feb. 27. The general election is April 3. The deadline for candidates to file is noon today.

Two of the three incumbents – Commissioners Boog Highberger and David Schauner – have filed for re-election. Commissioner Mike Rundle announced that he would not seek another term.

Those who previously filed for city commission include James Bush, a Lawrence pastor; Rob Chestnut, chief financial officer at Allen Press; Mike Dever, owner of a Lawrence-based environmental consulting firm; Carey Maynard-Moody, a retired school social worker; and Michael Limburg, a forklift operator with Amarr Garage Door Group.