City Hall will be open to the public from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Anybody with questions can call – City Administration 437-9940, Engineering/Building 437-9950 and Parks & Recreation 433-1881.
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The City of Austin was recently awarded over $843,000 of grants from The Hormel Foundation.
The City of Austin was recently awarded over $843,000 of grants from The Hormel Foundation. The City Council approved this award at the December 2nd council meeting. The projects that these grants funded are listed [...]
CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
The Mayor and City Council will meet at City Hall in Conference Room A for a closed meeting pursuant to Minn. Stat. Section 13D.03 subd. 1 (b) – Labor Negotiations.
The Mayor and City Council will meet in City Hall Council Chambers for a regularly scheduled bimonthly meeting.
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL MEETING:
The Mayor and City Council will meet as the Committee-of-the-Whole in City Hall Council Chambers for a regularly scheduled bimonthly work session.
The Personnel Committee of the Austin Public Library Board will meet on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, at 12:00 p.m., for the purposes of discussing the library director’s annual review. The meeting will be held in the library’s Small Meeting Room and will be closed as permitted by Minnesota Statutes section 13D.05, subdivision 3(a) to evaluate the performance of the library director.
The Port Authority will meet in City Hall Council Chambers for a scheduled meeting.
The Park and Rec Board will meet in the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center, 1304 21st Street NE, for a regularly scheduled monthly meeting.
The Mayor and City Council will meet in the City Hall Council Chambers for the annual Truth in Taxation hearing.
The Human Rights Commission will meet in City Hall in the Bonnie Besse Rietz conference room for a regularly scheduled monthly meeting.
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Base Salaries of Three Highest Paid Employees
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 the City of Austin, titles and annual salaries as of January 1, 2025, are:
City Administrator – $171,392
Public Works Director – $166,400
Police Chief – $156,852.80
