Welcome to the City of Austin’s website.  Austin, Minnesota is located in south central Minnesota at the junction of Interstate 90 and State Hwy 218.

Austin is the home of Hormel Foods Corporation; both its corporate offices and flagship plant are located here.

Austin is also home to The Hormel Institute.  Founded in 1942, the Institute is currently in the process of expanding to 200 researchers from all over the world.

We are very proud of our community and believe our quality of life is second to none. 

We hope this website is useful, and we always welcome comments to improve it.

And welcome to Austin.

Learn more about Austin’s mayor, Tom Stiehm.

City Council Meeting Minutes and Video

GreenSteps Presentation from 2/24/10.

A Pathway to Sustainability - Philipp Muessing
Austin Presentation - Michelle Schroeder
GreenStep Cities & SE Cert - Susan Waughtal
Minnesota GreenStep Presentation - Dave Thompson

“Where can garage sale signs be placed?”

Except as hereinafter set forth, rummage sale signs, signs announcing a rummage sale, garage sale signs and auction sale signs may be posted on the premises where the sale takes place.  Such signs may also be posted on the city's property at the following locations:

At the parking lot at the bottom of Skinner's Hill closest to the intersection of 2nd Drive SW and 9th Place SW.

Minnesota state law - Chapter 156 of the Session Laws of 2005 - requires that "a city or county with a population of more than 15,000 must annually notify its residents of the positions and base salaries of its three highest-paid employees." For City of Austin, titles and annual salaries as of January 1, 2010 are:

City Administrator (also serves as Executive Director of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority and Port Authority) – 107,556

Public Works Director (also serves as City Engineer) – 103,854

Administrative Services Director (also serves as City Recorder, Finance Director and AMCAT fiscal agent) – 100,027