Mayor Anne Blair said Tuesday she will not seek re-election to the Bainbridge Island City Council.

Blair — who was elected to the District 2, North Ward seat in November 2011 —  told a small gathering of constituents at her ward meeting Monday night that she would not run for another term.

Blair said Tuesday that it was not an official announcement, and added that she hadn’t considered broadcasting her intentions about her political future in a grand way.

Instead, she has been telling supporters and others who have asked for weeks now that she was not going to seek a second term.

“It’s so not a secret,” Blair said.

She also said she’s shared her plans with people who have contacted her and expressed interest in running for a council seat. Four council seats will be up for grabs this November.

The mayor said she made her decision against running again in March.

Two reasons were central.

The first was being able to have more time with family absent her council commitments.

“One of them is, I want to go play with my husband and he’s ready. And I’d like to have that latitude,” she said.

“The other is, I just have — and have had all the way through my career — a real fundamental belief that change is good,” Blair added. “It’s good for the community to have other voices and perspectives.”

That said, serving the city has been enjoyable and rewarding, Blair noted.

“I have done this for four years. I care about it; I haven’t lost any interest or enthusiasm,” she said.

Blair’s mention about not running for office again at Monday’s North Ward meeting came in response to a comment from an upset resident, who told Blair that she wasn’t going to vote for her again.

The resident was angry at the city because a retail marijuana store had not yet opened on the island, and she blamed the city for foot-dragging and not supporting the will of island voters, who overwhelmingly approved recreational marijuana when Initiative 502 was on the ballot.

Blair noted that the city had completed its work on the issue of legalized marijuana, and the prospects for a retail marijuana shop were now in the hands of entrepreneurs who want to establish a location on the island.

With four council seats in play, voters will elect a majority this November to the seven-member council.

So far, two of the four council incumbents with positions up for election in November have said they will not seek a new term, while newly appointed Councilman Mike Scott of the Central Ward has said he will run to retain his District 4 seat.

In addition to Blair, District 1 Councilman Steve Bonkowski has said he will not run.

Councilwoman Sarah Blossom, the South Ward, District 6 representative on the Bainbridge council, has not said if she will run for a second term.