City of Austin | 64,632 followers on LinkedIn. An award-winning employer, the City of Austin has a Council-Manager form of government and employs 13.8K employees. The City Manager, appointed by the City Council, is responsible to the Council for the management of City employees, and for the administration of all City affairs. In order to achieve the vision of making Austin the most livable city in the country, Austin’s city government’s mission is to be the best-managed city in the country.