For a little over a month, a petition asking for Councilor Brian Swanson's resignation has been collecting signatures and will be presented to the city's elected officials. 

Tuesday night's Council meeting will see the creator of the document that has a little under 1,000 names, Jody Chell, make a presentation to Council and once again ask one of the three councilors involved in the DFFH scandal step down. 

"My plan is to once again ask Councilor Swanson to voluntarily resign; that's my plan for this City Council. I have other plans in mind, but I would like to see if he would do the right thing and it doesn't have to go any further than this tonight."

Swanson and two other councilors were sanctioned for their involvement in a matter at the downtown facility and fieldhouse, and although not much is known on the record about the events, what we do know is Swanson faced the harshest punishment of the trio for taking personnel files home and passing them to someone else.

"What upsets me is the fact he just took them, and not just the copies, [but] the originals. That's upsetting to me because then there is no documentation. If he wouldn't have handed them over this could have just been swept under the rug very easily. It's not a personal thing, I think if anyone in any kind of industry would do this they would be possibly fired, or reprimanded for doing exactly what Councilor Swanson did."

Chell noted that she doesn't believe her actions are a personal attack on the current city councilor; she just feels as though he didn't fulfill his duties when handling private documents. 

She also noted that residents who signed the petition and those who are opposed to it are more than welcome to attend Tuesday night's meeting and show their support for either side. 

"It's a great avenue to bring everyone together and get more involved in the city, because I believe people can make a change. If anybody who has signed the petition, or if anybody wants to show their support for the petition, City Council starts at 5:30 pm tonight and you are welcome to come to the gallery and show up to show your support."

Swanson declined the opportunity to be interviewed but did send out a letter last week stating that he only handled the physical files the way he did as it was requested by a senior DFFH employee and that he plans to continue to serve the residents of Moose Jaw as was decided in the last civic election.