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City of Austin
500 4th Avenue NE
Austin, MN 55912
(507)437-9940

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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


Proposed revision of the Austin City Charter.
To see the current City Charter, click the 'City Code' link at the top of this page.



If you are interested in more information on how to help Austin reduce it's carbon footprint, go to the Austin Coalition for Environmental Sustainability web site.
 
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 salaries as of January 1, 2010 are:
City Administrator – 107,556
Public Works Director – 103,854
Administrative Services Director – 100,027
 
 
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