Mayor Diane Therrien says she's feeling good about having delivered on six of the 39 policy commitments she campaigned on, six months into the job.

"Fifteen per cent done," she said.

Therrien posted a six-month progress report to her website recently, and she said in an interview Friday she plans to update the public regularly on her work.

In her office, Therrien has a spreadsheet posted on the wall above her computer that shows each of the policy commitments and progress made on each.

Since Therrien was sworn in in late November, these policy commitments have been met:

• A code of conduct has been adopted for city councillors;

•Bike lanes and trails have been enhanced in the city (including a new plan to put bike lanes on Charlotte Street);

• A point-of-contact person has been appointed at City Hall to help developers;

• An environmental advisory committee is being organized;

• The city has encouraged ridesharing companies such as Uber or Lyft;

•HotSpot, a smartphone parking app, has been launched in the city.

At least one of those policies - the launch of HotSpot - was already being worked on by city staff before Therrien was appointed.

Meanwhile, the provincial government required that a code be adopted by March.

That certainly moves projects along, Therrien said - but at the same time, some files were "expedited" so she could meet her commitments.

Therrien also held the first council retreat in years at the beginning of the term - a plan she mentioned in her inaugural speech.

She's also planning a summit on the opioid crisis at Market Hall on July 11, along with Selwyn Township Deputy Mayor Sherry Senis.

Opioid addiction has been hurting the city for years, but Therrien said it's become an "emergency" with 19 deaths already this year.

She hadn't campaign on addressing that crisis.

"But you have to respond to what's happening in your community," she said.

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Next on her list is developing a community engagement charter that maps out how to better involve residents in the decisions that affect them.

Also expect a series of drop-in meetings this summer in various parks or coffee shops across the city where she will meet informally with citizens - a policy commitment that she made and says she's working on.

Therrien says she is also meeting soon with MPP Dave Smith about how Ontario's Progressive Conservatives have decreased funding to social services - notably to daycares - and how that might be "scary" for city council to manage.

Between the opioid crisis, homelessness and lack of daycare funding, Therrien said she has her work cut out for her.

"Peterborough has big-city problems on a small-town budget," she said.

In her first six months, Therrien said she has attended an average of 20 events per month (like ribbon-cuttings and fundraisers) and spent 16 hours a month in her office meeting constituents.

She also attends council, committee and board meetings every evening but Friday.

Because she'd been a councillor last term, Therrien said she'd been expecting a hectic schedule as mayor.

On Friday she said that while there's much more work to come, she's prepared to do it.

"I feel like I'm on a good track to get things accomplished."