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Just to be clear, Colley-Urquhart wasn't suggesting this would be a bad thing. She's all in favour of the chill, in fact Colley-Urquhart would like municipal affairs to get involved and take sworn statements from council members about the leak. #yyccc #yyc — Meghan Potkins (@mpotkins) September 24, 2018

CBC reported last week that the city was concerned about the risk of rising costs resulting from plans to locate an athletes’ village at Victoria Park. The report, based on confidential documents authored by the city’s Olympic secretariat, suggested the city could be on the hook for replacing the Victoria Park transit garage and the costs associated with remediation work that would be required at the site.

While the identity of the leaker is not public, Nenshi targeted his fellow council colleagues in comments condemning the disclosure.

“Not only do you have a responsibility under the (Municipal Governance Act) … you have an obligation, a moral obligation, to keep confidential things that council votes to keep confidential,” Nenshi said in chambers Monday morning.

Nenshi later acknowledged that a city staff member could also have been responsible for the leak. Meeting minutes show that nearly thirty senior staff members were present at the meeting where the leaked document was discussed.

City manager Jeff Fielding told Postmedia that since the city’s integrity commissioner does not have jurisdiction over administration, he will be directing corporate security to investigate “to ensure that a fulsome investigation is completed.”

Council had previously voted to keep the documents confidential on the basis that making them public could damage the competitiveness of the city’s bid — though administration agreed at a Sept. 10 council meeting to release a partially redacted version of the report.