It’s not yet official but it’s expected to be a week from today.

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle is expected to announce on Sept. 18 that he will seek a fourth term as the Rocket City's top executive.

Battle sent an email to supporters on Wednesday morning, saying "I have an announcement to make and I want my friends and supporters with me."

He concludes the note to supporters saying, "We're not finished working yet."

The noon announcement is scheduled to be held at the Huntsville Historic Depot, “where I’ll make a major announcement about my future and the future of our city.” Hot dogs and apple pies will accompany Battle’s announcement.

Battle was not immediately available for comment Wednesday through his campaign. The website used for his gubernatorial campaign in 2018, tommybattle.com, now states “Tommy Battle for mayor.”

That Battle would seek a fourth comes as no surprise, given the support he has received as mayor and the projects in which the city is involved. After defeating incumbent Loretta Spencer in a runoff in 2008, Battle has twice sailed to re-election with more than 80 percent of the vote.

He ran for governor in 2018 but finished a distant second to Gov. Kay Ivey in the Republican primary.

The city is in the midst of helping Mazda Toyota Manufacturing USA bring its $1.6 billion auto plant online – which will create 4,000 jobs. Production is scheduled to begin in 2021. That also includes recruiting suppliers to the Huntsville area.

And the city is also involved in a roads improvement partnership with the Alabama Department of Transportation designed to help mitigate growing traffic concerns in a city projected to be the state’s largest in about five years.