Longtime Ward 4 Councilman Pete White has decided to retire.

White, 78, had announced in August that he would seek re-election to a fourth consecutive four-year term.

But he reconsidered in the past few weeks.

"I think it's time," he said Friday.

White was first elected to the city council to fill a vacancy in 1982 and won a full term in 1985, serving until 1989.