After three years as a city councillor, Florence Roberts is ready for another three years.

The current councillor is seeking a seat once again at the council table so she can continue the work she started during her first term as a councillor.

"I just want to follow through (on what's been started this term),” says Roberts, a former psychiatric nurse who retired from the territorial Department of Health and Social Services in 2004.

She points out it can take some time after being elected to get a sense of how things work at the municipal level.

Despite the learning curve that comes when a member is first elected to council, Roberts is pleased with what's been accomplished during the current term.

Construction of the public safety building that will house a new fire hall along with serving other city needs is underway, and the city has made the move to a ground water supply, taking the city off the surface water at Schwatka Lake.

There's more work to be done though that Roberts wants to be part of.

"I would like to see that things keep growing,” she says, adding that at the same time, it's important to watch that growth and the costs that come with it carefully, such as the price tag of operating the Canada Games Centre.

Among her higher priorities for the coming term are a greater focus on surfacing roads in the rural parts of town, having more resources go to the city's public works program and an expansion of the city's apprenticeship program so it could take on more apprentices.

There's also the ongoing work on the waterfront and the plans to revamp the transit service where buses will be put on a continuous loop for their routes.

Happy to continue her role on council, Roberts says she doesn't have the desire to be mayor, as she's "not much of a public speaker” and doesn't think she'd be able to "keep pace” with the role.

She also praises Mayor Bev Buckway's work, calling the mayor a good mediator who keeps staff and council "in line” during discussions.

In 2006, Roberts was the last of eight candidates to earn one of six councillor seats, with 2,197 votes.

She came in behind another then-new candidate, Jeanine Myhre, who took her seat with 2,242 votes.