Former Radio New Zealand Queenstown correspondent Steve Wilde, who was appointed DowntownQT general manager a year ago, said he had not made a firm decision.
"I've had quite a few people approach me about it and it's something I am seriously thinking about but I've just got to work out ... how much of a conflict there might be in terms of my current role.''
Mr Wilde's role includes lobbying the council on behalf of the DowntownQT business alliance on issues including parking, transport, rents, the retail mix and streetscaping.
"I need to sit down and seriously think about it and take some counsel from my stakeholders.
"In the end, I would want to do what is best for the community ... there are some people who have said ‘you're better to be around the table' and there are some who have said ‘you're better to be a lobbyist on the outside'."
Another who is yet to make a decision is potential mayoral candidate Jim Boult.
The Otago Daily Times reported in November Mr Boult, a businessman and tourism heavyweight, was considering standing for the top job.
He told the ODT this week his "position is unchanged''.
"I am considering it.''
Mayor Vanessa van Uden will stand down in October.
Deputy mayor and three-term councillor Lyal Cocks confirmed he would stand as a mayoral candidate only, meaning if he was unsuccessful he would no longer be a councillor.
Long-serving councillor Cath Gilmour will not seek a fourth term.
The former journalist was elected to the council in 2007.
Cr Gilmour, who is on leave, said via email she had "treasured'' the opportunity to represent residents and the "place I love to call home''.
However, it was time to move on.
"I feel like I am losing my drive for council - and to do the job properly, you need lots of that.
"Also, with the new CEO [Mike Theelan], I think council has someone with the right head and the right heart, and so I believe my ‘activist councillor' role will hopefully not be needed so much.''
Her proudest achievements included a focus on community building, for example, the Queenstown Memorial Centre upgrade and skate park, "and being the pain-in-the-butt terrier that kept on asking the questions that needed asking around the council table''.
Her tenure had not been without its challenges.
"Over the past term, I have often struggled with the directions council has taken, the approach we've used, resolutions not being actioned, and not getting the information I felt was needed for good governance.''
She said the next council and mayor would need to grapple with growth, as well as social cohesion and "keeping enough local control in the decision-making process in the face of proposed legislative changes that seek to give Wellington politicians more of the important calls''.
Fellow long-termer Cr Mel Gazzard, a former school principal, is also nearing the end of his third term and said he would stand down as it was "time to give someone else a go''.
First-term councillors Alexa Forbes, Ella Lawton, Calum MacLeod and Craig Ferguson will seek re-election, as will Arrowtown ward councillor Scott Stevens, elected last year after the retirement of Lex Perkins.
Cr Simon Stamers-Smith, a two-term councillor, said he would "possibly and probably'' stand again.
Cr Merv Aoake, first elected in 2013, could not be contacted for comment.
