Swift Current's municipal election race is beginning to heat up as the city's current mayor will be seeking re-election this fall.

Denis Perrault announced yesterday afternoon, at Swift Current's Market Square in front of a small gathering of supporters, that he is seeking a second term at the helm of Swift Current.

"I'm very excited," he said. "I've loved serving on council, I've loved being the mayor for the city and it wasn't that hard of a decision to decide to go again.

"I don't believe my job is done yet we have so much more that we can do together to grow our community and make it even better for all of us. For our families, our businesses, our senior citizens, and our youth - We want to continue to work hard to make sure Swift Current makes sense for all of you."

Strengthening relationships with more southwestern Saskatchewan communities and both levels of higher government are part of Perrault's main platform as he seeks to be apart of city council for a four consecutive term (councillor 2009-2016 and mayor 2016-present).

"I want to be able to work together on a regional landfill... And some sort of shared services that we can do here in the southwest," he said. "I want to continue to grow this community. That means bringing business, that means partnering with our provincial and federal governments, and quite frankly means going out there and selling Swift (Current)."

During his press conference, Perrault cited Swift Current's growth was pretty stagnate for four decades (hovering around 15,000) but at the end of 2019, the city's population was 18,614.

"I'm proud of this city, I think we've got that best park in the entire province, we've got the best walking trails, of course we've got a number one champion in the Broncos, and we've got great amenities that I want to sell and share with the public."

While Perrault was a city councillor the city's budget wasn't released until the year had already begun (late winter or early spring) but one of his 2016 promises was for the city to release the budget before the year even began.

"I'm happy we were able to bring a budget to city hall prior to the end of each year," he said. "That's important as an accountant that your budget is set before you start spending your money, so that was a change I was happy to bring forth along with council four years ago and happy to see that continue on."

Another thing that stood out to Perrault during his first term as mayor was hosting what he called the largest event in Swift Current history, the 2019 Western Canada Summer Games. He did credit his predecessor Jerrod Schafer for beginning that project and working on a 'fair and equitable' deal with the province.

Perrault becomes the second resident of Swift Current to announce they're running for the mayoral role as he joins Al Bridal in the race.