Vancouver city council could see a number of fresh faces in chamber after next year’s election. Following announcements by incumbents Andrea Reimer and George Affleck that they are not going to seek new terms, two other councillors have expressed uncertainty about their plans.

Kerry Jang and Elizabeth Ball, in separate phone interviews with the Straight, were noncommittal about whether or not they will be running in the October 20, 2018, election.

“I signed a book contract recently. Maybe I should work on that,” Jang said, laughing. He is a member of the ruling Vision Vancouver party, and he has been in council since 2008.

Asked about his other Vision colleagues, Jang said: “I don’t know. We never talk about that stuff, to be honest.”

Vision councillors Raymond Louie, Tim Stevenson, and Heather Deal did not make themselves available for phone interviews. Together with Reimer and Jang, they hold five of the 10 seats in council.

Ball is on her third term. She is with the Non-Partisan Association (NPA), as are Affleck, Melissa De Genova, and Hector Bremner, with the latter winning this year’s October by-election to fill the seat vacated by former Vision councillor Geoff Meggs.

“Can I continue to make change? Can I continue to affect people? Who’s going to be the mayor?” Ball asked, saying she has yet to figure out her next steps. “You know, there’s a lot of things that play into that. So do you want to do something else? And I’m not sure yet.”

De Genova—at 35, the youngest councillor—indicated that she will run for a second term. “I hope that we’ll see more young people on council,” De Genova told the Straight by phone. “I think that it is very important, especially when we’re having these conversations about affordable housing.”

Lone Green councillor Adrianne Carr said in a separate phone interview that she is looking forward to a new council that has a more balanced representation from different parties.

Vision Vancouver has held the majority in council since Mayor Gregor Robertson’s party came into power in 2008.