Magliocca matter officially closed at city council after councillor repays nearly $10K
The final report into Ward 2 Coun. Joe Magliocca s ineligible expenses was submitted to the city s priorities and finance committee on Tuesday, rendering the matter closed at city council.
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Posted: Apr 27, 2021 7:34 PM MT | Last Updated: April 28
Ward 2 Coun. Joe Magliocca says residents will have to decide how important cell service is to them.(Mike Symington/CBC)
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City council approved a new plan Monday to stop downtown Calgary’s decline.
The Greater Downtown Plan is a strategy to find a long-term fix for the vacancy problem in the core, where nearly one-third of available office space is currently empty. It aims to create a better mix of residential and business space, draw in more private investment and create more opportunities for amenities and entertainment in central neighbourhoods.
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Council voted 10-3 to approve an initial $200-million investment in the plan, with $123 million coming from city reserves and an additional $77 million in anticipated federal infrastructure funding.
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More than a year after Coun. Joe Magliocca’s spending touched off a firestorm around council expense oversight, a new city report says the Ward 2 councillor’s ineligible expenses are fully repaid.
Magliocca began reimbursing the city last January after Postmedia revealed he had expensed up to three times as much as his fellow council members to attend the 2019 Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference in Quebec City. The situation got more complicated as 10 people listed on his receipts for meals and drinks at the event said they hadn’t actually been hosted by Magliocca.
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A City of Calgary employee charged nearly $95,000 in overtime last year during the pandemic, the approval of which was designated to the chair of the coordinating committee of the councillors office.(CBC)
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Mayor Naheed Nenshi is officially off the ballot for the 2021 municipal election and that means big changes for this year’s campaign season.
It’s not quite six months until Calgarians head to the polls with no incumbent mayor for the first time in a decade. Including the mayor’s chair, there are open races for at least seven spots on council.
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That’s nearing the threshold for change across the eight votes that add up to a council majority, determining whether motions or administration recommendations pass or fail.