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Stockholm and a joint Italian bid from Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo are still in the running to host the 2026 Games.

Some of Calgary’s bid-related work is expected to continue for at least a few more weeks.

The board of the bid corporation, Calgary 2026, will remain in place until mid-January while work on the bid is winding down, Fielding said Monday.

Administration will return to council by the end of December with a report “outlining the value” the city derived from all the work that was completed on the bid over the course of more than two years, including work from the Calgary Bid Exploration Committee (CBEC) and the city’s Olympic secretariat.

A report on how much money was spent by the city and the bid corporation is expected early in 2019.

Councillors also voted Monday to request that the mayor lobby the provincial and federal governments to “continue their Olympic and Paralympic funding commitments” to the city — an amount that exceeds $2 billion.

Coun. Peter Demong said just because Calgarians rejected the bid, it doesn’t mean they don’t want to see the city continue to be a centre for “winter sport excellence” where competitions and events are regularly held and athletes train year-round. But it will take funding to keep Calgary’s facilities up to snuff, Demong pointed out.

“The fact that the majority of the facilities technically fall under the province’s bailiwick also is a suggestion that this funding should continue,” Demong said.

Council voted 14-1 in favour of Demong’s proposal. Only Coun. Diane Colley-Urquhart was opposed.

Colley-Urquhart called the idea “foolish” following Monday’s vote.

“It was a feeble attempt, in my view, to save face,” Colley-Urquhart said. “Now that we’ve defeated it and we’re not proceeding with the Olympics, we still want your money?

“To think we can go and now ask the federal government to still keep their commitment of $1.5 billion, (to) still ask the province for the $700 million — I have no words. It was an interesting, interesting concept.”

Premier Rachel Notley appeared to reject the notion of Calgary keeping the $700 million at a press conference Monday. She said the city will have to go through the same process as any other municipality to obtain provincial support.

“It’s a bit premature for us to be able to say yay or nay to the specific projects that they have identified. We’ll have to go through our typical process there to consider the individual ones identified,” Notley said.

“We’ll take a look at the asks, when and if they formally arrive at our doorstep.”