Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (2 motions)
1 carried, 1 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
WHEREAS the Auditor General has an Agile Audit of Light-Rail Transit on her 2026-2027 workplan; and WHEREAS OC Transpo’s Chief Safety Officer has a Quality Assurance team that are responsible for internal and external audits to ensure regulatory, safety and technical requirements and standards are being met; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT OC Transpo's Chief Safety Officer be directed to conduct an audit, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Municipal Act, into the safety concerns that resulted in Line 1 Trains being removed from operation due to the Cartridge Bearing Assembly spalling issue; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the audit be presented to the Transit Committee in Q2 2026, in camera if deemed necessary; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT a draft of the audit be provided to the Auditor General of Ottawa, prior to the audit being submitted to Committee; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Council request that the Auditor General consider increasing the priority of the agile audit of the LRT on her 2026-2027 workplan so that work can begin as soon as the audit by OC Transpo has been submitted to the Auditor General’s Office, should she believe further value could be added by her Office in this area.
Moved by D. Hill
Carried
(on behalf of R. King) WHEREAS OC Transpo regularly provides reports, briefings, and memoranda to Transit Commission and Members of Council on system performance, service delivery targets, and planned service changes; and WHEREAS recurring reliability issues have intensified in recent months, including as a result of winter service cuts, and are being reported across multiple OC Transpo routes city-wide; and WHEREAS these issues include peak-period cancellations, extended gaps in service, and bus bunching, which undermine rider confidence and the City’s transit mode-shift objectives; and WHEREAS riders across the city are experiencing persistent issues with real-time service information, including last-minute trip cancellations that are not accurately or timely reflected in real-time tracking tools, commonly