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Chestermere Coun. Yvette Kind spoke to LoVecchio on Tuesday after attempting to submit a formal complaint twice over the past week and a half. Kind was listed on one of Magliocca’s receipts for a $330 bar tab at an upscale Quebec City hotel, but she said she never drank with him.

She said she submitted her complaint for a third time on Tuesday and finally got confirmation it had been received.

But LoVecchio says he won’t be able to look into it.

“The real problem is I have now been formally asked to investigate the matter of his expense claims and I must recuse myself from doing so. The reason is really quite straightforward,” he said. “This investigation must not only be, but must be seen to be, completely independent and impartial. As this expense might become part of the story, an investigation by me, in my view, would not satisfy that requirement.”

LoVecchio said he will help find someone else to investigate the matter at council’s request.

Magliocca did not immediately respond to Postmedia’s requests for comment.

Earlier Tuesday, Kind said she wanted to see the city move ahead with her complaint.

“This is the City of Calgary’s issue. I simply am not going to let my name be used falsely. (Magliocca) needs to be accountable to his own constituents,” she said.

“It’s now done, (the complaint) has been acknowledged by (the city) and that’s the end of it for me. They need to do what they need to do to hold their own people accountable.”