AUBURN – Citing time and financial constraints, Mayor John Jenkins said he won’t seek another term as mayor.

“I’ve had to turn down a lot of work this past year because of my City Council commitments,” Jenkins said Wednesday.

His main source of income comes from presenting motivational seminars around the country for fees. His salary as mayor is $4,000 a year.

“To use a farming analogy, you eat what you grow,” he said. “I wasn’t growing enough.”

Jenkins was elected last year to a one-year term as mayor. He said he took out nomination papers last month and had every intention to run for a full two-year term as mayor on this November’s ballot.

“You can literally make this a full-time job,” Jenkins said. “There is much more to it than meets the eye. I knew that going in, and I really wanted to run again. But I just could not commit to another two years, financially.”

Jenkins said he managed to complete several projects during his short term. He pointed to meetings this spring with neighbors in Auburn’s five wards as one success, helping to reinstate the spring cleanup program as another and work to get Auburn’s property taxes and Tax Increment Finance districts into state compliance as a third.

“We were really able to hit the ground running and got a lot accomplished in a short period of time,” Jenkins said. “And I had an entire list of things I wanted to do with a second term. So it is disappointing to me, on one side.”

Jenkins said he plans to unveil a new program aimed at getting Auburn residents more active during the Great Falls Balloon Festival and promises to stay involved in city politics.

“There are other ways to serve that don’t have the title of mayor,” he said.

Jenkins becomes the third Auburn official elected last November to decline to run again because of time constraints.

Ward 1 Councilor Dick Gleason made a similar statement early in July, saying he needed to devote time to his family and his business. At-large Councilor Ellen Peters said last week that she wouldn’t run again.

All 15 elected city positions are up for election in November. That includes seven School Committee members, seven city councilors and the mayor. Candidates have until Aug. 23 to collect and submit signatures for their nomination petitions.

Candidates for mayor must submit a nomination petition with the signatures of 100 registered Auburn voters. Candidates for the School Committee and council need signatures from 25 registered Auburn voters living within their ward.

At-large candidates for council or School Committee seats need signatures from 25 Auburn voters living anywhere in the city.