Henry Dayday is gunning for his old job.

The former Saskatoon mayor officially announced his mayoral campaign for the upcoming municipal election Thursday at the Nutana Legion.

Saskatoon needs a change of leadership, the 76-year-old said.

Dayday, who served as Saskatoon’s mayor from 1988 to 2000, spent about 30 minutes blasting the current city administration before announcing his bid.

He criticized the rising cost of the new Remai Modern art gallery as well as recent tax increases, and called road conditions in the city “a crisis.”

“I guess in my day we decided to fix them rather than count them,” he said.

Dayday is the third candidate to enter the mayoral race so far.

He was expected to announce his mayoral bid May 19 at a news conference, but instead asked questions about councillor remuneration.

Sitting mayor Don Atchison confirmed in late 2014 he’d be seeking re-election, and three-term city councillor Charlie Clark announced his mayoral bid last month.

The municipal election is set to be held Oct. 26.

--- with files from Calvin To/CTV Saskatoon