From City Hall downtown, the City of Mountain View's 11 government departments -- City Attorney, City Clerk, City Manager, Community Development, Community Services, Human Resources, Finance and Administrative, Library, Fire, Police and Public Works -- coordinate the day-to-day services that keep the 12 square mile city of nearly 75,000 people functioning.
At City Hall, the seven members of the City Council meet in Chambers to vote on policy and set the direction for the city's future. Each year in January, the Council elects one of its members as Mayor and another as Vice Mayor. The Council appoints the City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk and City Auditor. The City Manager supervises all other city employees.