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Coun. Joe Magliocca publicly apologized Monday for “errors” in his expenses from last year’s Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference, including expensing food and drinks at meetings with elected officials who say they never sat down with him.

“Calgary taxpayers expect better from me and so does this council,” Magliocca said in council chambers.

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“I regret and I apologize for my error on this. This will be my final public statement on this matter.”

Last week the Ward 2 councillor agreed to repay a portion of his travel expenses from the trip to the conference in Quebec City last spring after Postmedia revealed he had expensed two to three times as much as his council colleagues, including $1,800 in hosting costs.

Hosting expenses are typically incurred by council members in their meetings with external groups or agencies, and councillors are allowed to expense $100 per day. Magliocca, city council’s representative on the FCM board last year, had to submit some of his expenses through his ward office budget as well as city corporate accounts to avoid being in violation of the rules.