Kauai Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho Jr. on Tuesday officially filed his nomination papers for re-election.

Carvalho pledged to continue the work he started when he took office on Dec. 1, 2008.

Some of the major initiatives completed in his two-year term include implementing a one-stop customer service center for residential building permits, establishing Park & Ride sites and expanding bus routes, acquiring 75 acres of land in Eleele for the county's first "green" affordable housing development and implementing the Connect CTY emergency notification system.