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Waleed Ovase, 17, a rising senior at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, is the latest potential City Council candidate to pick up a packet from City Hall, bringing the total to 11 as of Tuesday.

Ovase will turn 18 by the election in November. He said he is running because he has issues with the city budget.

"I looked at the 2009-2010 budget and I saw some things I would like to see changed," he said. "Speed cameras and the hotel tax are things I don't think my city should be involved with."

He said he feels like he has a good chance of being elected, "if I play my cards right."

City Planning Commissioner Kate Ostell also picked up papers last week.

Frank Anastasi, who picked up a packet May 1, announced Friday that he decided not to run this year, instead focusing on revitalizing his consulting business.

Mayor Susan R. Hoffmann and Councilwoman Phyllis Marcuccio picked up packets to run for mayor, and Marcuccio also picked up a council packet.

Mark Pierzchala, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor against Hoffmann in 2007, and East Rockville resident and political newcomer Craig Trapper Martin, have also announced their intentions to run for a seat on the council in November.

Candidates for the mayoral and four council seats must be at least 18 years old, registered voters and have resided in Rockville for one year preceding the election. They must be nominated by a petition signed by 100 voters registered in the city, which must be submitted to the Board of Supervisors of Elections by the Sept. 4 filing deadline.

The other potential candidates who picked up council packets are Historic District Commission chairman Max van Balgooy, former council candidates Carl Henn and Theodric "Theo" Anderson, and members of the city Compensation Commission Thomas Moore and Virginia Onley.

Picking up papers does not mean they will be candidates.

Election Day is Nov. 3.