What Oakville's new Council inherits: open directions to staff, with reports due from December 2026 into mid-2027

What the list is

The Council Tracking List is a Town document that records directions Council has given staff and where each one stands. The October 2026 edition, five pages long, was posted in the Council Information Package on October 21. For each item it gives the agenda item, the request date, the department assigned and a status. Its header notes that full descriptions are in the meeting minutes.

Oakville votes for a new Mayor and Council on October 26, and the Town has said the new term begins in mid-November. The directions on this list do not lapse with the old Council: they stay open until staff report back.

Reports due soonest

• By the end of 2026: staff report on the use of the Gairloch site and any potential second location, and the Galleries' request about a partnership on the future Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts is deferred until the Downtown Cultural Hub studies planned for 2026 and 2027 are done.
• Early 2027: staff recommendations on alternative uses for the community hub space at 125 Randall Street.
• Q1 2027: the former Oakville Trafalgar High School (OTHS) site, where public consultation results are due back, along with a review of consumer fireworks rules and options for addressing illegal use of electric scooters by children under 16.
• Q2 2027: a lobbyist and gift registry framework (internal policy enhancements), options to restrict truck traffic on Cornwall Road between Ford Drive and Winston Churchill Boulevard, and a report on the Uptown Core secondary plan covering office and retail viability and the timing of bus rapid transit on Dundas Street and Trafalgar Road.

Before the 2027 budget

A direction dated November 27, 2025 asks staff to consult the public on the request to convert the limestone trail to asphalt at Gladeside Pond and on the request for a playground at Worthington Park. Staff are to report back to Council on any recommendations, together with consideration for the Parks, Recreation and Library Master Plan, in advance of the 2027 budget. The list gives no consultation dates, so residents should check the Town's project pages for them.

Waiting on someone else

Several Bronte waterfront items are tied to the transfer of federal lands to the Town. The review of the marina at Bronte Harbour is deferred until those lands are in Town ownership, at which point a full business plan will be completed. The Region of Halton's pumping station project at Bronte Beach has been delayed for the same reason, and the Town says it will update Council as information becomes available.

A final resolution on the relocation of Oakville Marine Search and Rescue to Bronte is expected in 2027, in step with the relocation of the Metro Marine building and confirmation of any associated costs.

A sample of open items