Tonight we look more closely at what they did and didn't do:

Jules Vasquez Reporting

Darrell Bradley - Mayor, Belize City Council
"When we looked at the 100-day plan, the idea with it was to set out things which are measurable that we could tick off, and members of the public could hold us accountable."

And we did that. This is the list of 100 pledges that the council made - and we went through them one by one at yesterday's Press Conference. They fully achieved 82 of the hundred, which is not bad at all, but it's not perfect:

Darrell Bradley
"Other aspects that you raised, I think that we could have done better on, and one of the areas that I've indicated was really the legislation, and I've begun to realize that it's very difficult to get that consensus from the public. We wanted to do the vagrancy, and I still mean to ensure that we deal with this issue, but as I spoke about that, people called and called, and said that we can't do this and that. That causes a delay."

One of the toughest areas was cutting expenditure by 20%:

Darrell Bradley
"The problem that I found - which has been a challenge - is in respect to the cutting of revenue. One of the things in the 100-day plan was to cut the budget expenditure by 20%. That is easily said than done. It's difficult to do that, and we've have not been able to realize that cut."

And more benefits will accrue when the Council launches its bond offering:

Darrell Bradley
"Our target is really 20 million dollars that we want to raise, and we're looking at having a fresh tranche of this bond released in July, and that fresh tranche will be 8 million dollars, and that 8 million dollars will allow us to fix substantial amounts of main streets in Belize City. And what I am talking about is being able to do Freetown Road, Barrack Road, Hyde's Lane, Queen Street, North Front Street, New Road, and Douglas Jones Street. That basically will put us at 8 million dollars. When we get the second tranche of the bond, we want to do some more major streets. We want to look at streets like Baymen Avenue, which has been in disrepair for some time."

And they'll need the help of city residents to pay for the bond:

Darrell Bradley
"In order to pay for this bond, residents of Belize City will be asked to make a contribution. One of the ways that they will be asked is in relation to residential garbage fee. We are looking at a 10-dollar fee per month, and we'll be asking residents to make that contribution."

And they're also going to crack down on property taxes:

Darrell Bradley
"People on Albert Street, who are paying less than $200 - I counted 6 buildings on Albert Street that are paying less than $200 per year in property taxes - that is something is unsustainable. We need to regularize the property tax rolls to ensure that everybody pays their equal share. And if we are able to do this, the persons who are advising us has told me that we can pay the first tranche of the bond within a 5-year period."

But in the meantime - they are devilling the details such as bicycle regulations:

Darrell Bradley
"You will also see that in the newspapers, we have been putting up notices concerning the various bicycle laws. So we mean after the 100 days to really step up our enforcement."

And the next big move for the council is a three year strategic plan:

Darrell Bradley
"The idea with 100-day plan was to put in place something that we had to guide us for this first 100 days. Going forward, what we will be doing is we will be putting in place a strategic plan for 3 years. We want ensure that the aspect of good governance is a theme of this 3 years, so that when persons see the councilors and city council staff, they know that the staff are persons of integrity. They resources are being well-managed and well-allocated. Again our emphasis is on good governance and assuring members of the public that their resources are being spent in a way that they could reap the benefits. The city can do a lot, but we just need to be creative, and we need to be forceful in what we are doing; we need to be consistent."