Most municipal functions on Mercer Island are headquartered at Mercer Island's City Hall complex. City departments reached from the main entrance include the city manager, clerk, attorney, municipal court, the finance department, development services (building and planning), and human resources. This is the place where you can get permits for home improvements, pay a utility bill or file a police report. The main entrance to the Police Department, which also manages the city's emergency preparedness operations, is at the south end of the building. The city council meets regularly in its chambers at 7 p.m. on the first and third Monday of each month. The city is run under a council-manager form of government, making the City Manager the city's top executive, advising city council on budget issues, operations and implementing local policy. He is aided by an assistant city manager, along with the city attorney and various boards and commissions. Former home of Farmers New World Life Insurance, the offices were renovated in 1989 for government use.