Earlier in the meeting, Billy Garrett, the city’s director of culture, tourism and events, said there was a lot of work to “dress the city” for the games, but there would be no extra spending by the council.
“The city, separate from any investment specifically around the games, is currently embarked on one of the biggest investment programmes in the country in terms of redeveloping the city centre – the Avenues project, the re-engineering of George Square.”
He added: “I think Glasgow will be more than ready to welcome visitors to the city come the summer of 2026.”
He said the £4m-£5m investment coming into the city for infrastructure in sports facilities at Scotstoun, Tollcross and the Emirates arena was an “incredible opportunity”.
He said it would not be an investment in “elite sports”, pointing to the public use of the venues.
Asked if there would be council or Glasgow Life expenditure specifically related to the Commonwealth Games, the council representatives said no.
But they said the scaled-back events were a model for how future Commonwealth Games could be hosted by smaller nations.
Mr Garrett, who also worked on the 2014 games, said the “exciting legacy” of 2026 was how Glasgow was co-designing the new format of the Commonwealth Games for the next 100 years.