Belize City Council

The Belize City Council is in the Town Hall on North Front Street.   As far back as 1638, the Settlement was governed by magistrates who were elected annually, so this is where the government began in Belize at both national and municipal level.   The early magistrates enacted ‘Rules and Regulations’ and here public meetings were held.   When the British presence was made official in the colony, there were numerous constitutional struggles and changes involving the local inhabitants and the British Crown.  As the population expanded, so local administration and the government became more complex.  And when refugees from Yucatan arrived in droves in the mid 19^th century, the need to reform local became more acute.