Welcome to the official website for the City of Auburn, Alabama.

This web site exists to provide 24-hour access to information and services provided by the city, in an effort to further the City's mission.

Overview

The City of Auburn web site is organized, as indicated by the blue buttons at the top of every page, into the categories listed below for ease of navigation. By pointing your cursor at any button, you can reveal the drop-down menu allowing you to see and visit all of the content areas for that section.

Under the Home button, you will find a link to the City's photo submission page, where you can submit photos of Auburn for use on the City's web page, as well as a photo credits page to give credit to the photographers whose work adorns the site.

You will also find site information including the Site Map, which provides a quick listing of the contents of the entire site, and Site Tools, with links to free software that you may want to install to be able to view documents found throughout the site. Finally, you can also access key contact information for the City of Auburn.

As always, you can click on the home button to return to the City of Auburn's front page from any page on the site.

Under the Services button, you will find links to the ongoing services provided on behalf of Auburn citizens by elected officials, municipal employees and citizens who volunteer their time and expertise to maintain the standard of life that citizens of the loveliest village have come to expect.

By clicking on Committees and Organizations, you can learn more about the offerings of groups that have an official relationship with the city, and/or involve a combination of Auburn citizens and city employees working together to better Auburn in some way.

Boards and Commissions provides links to the boards and commissions that serve the City of Auburn and the larger community of which it is part. Membership on these boards and commissions is typically determined by nomination and approval of City Council. The Council often considers the expert recommendations of Auburn's boards and commissions as part of their deliberation before a vote.

The City Budget section presents publications and information related to the City of Auburn biennial budget, including the budget document, CAFR, and departmental budgets.

The City Council section provides information on Auburn's City Council as a whole and each of its members by ward.

Finally, under City Departments, you can find information about and offerings from each department of Auburn's municipal government.

The Residents section is designed to provide resources of interest to Auburn citizens.

A collection of useful links to other web sites is available in this area, including links to Auburn City Schools and the web sites for all schools within the Auburn city limits. Also available are links to information about the loveliest village.

Of special interest to Auburn citizens are links to Job Vacancies with the City of Auburn municipal government, one of the areas major employers. Additional offerings include the links to downloadable forms and licenses (such as a dog license, or business license), the City's monthly newsletter Open Line, a link to pay your water bill online, and more.

The Visitors section is designed to provide resources of interest to Auburn's visitors.

Here you will find links to everything you need to make the most of your Auburn visit, including information on lodging, information for incoming students and local maps.

The Business section is designed to provide resources of interest to companies and individuals who do business in or with the City of Auburn.

A good starting place for learning more about the richness of opportunity for businesses in the Auburn community is the Community Profile, published and maintained by the City's Economic Development Department.

Other important information of interest to those doing business in the City include the city's bid invitations, business & licensing forms, the City Code and much more, all available from the Business section of the web site.

Under the Media button are the collected publications and media offerings available on the City of Auburn website.

Here you will find the City's e-Notifier system, which you can use to subscribe to a growing number of the City's email news announcements, including announcements for Auburn City Council, Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Adjustment meeting packets and a number of newsletters from Auburn's Parks and Recreation Department.

From Auburn 2020 and the Annual Citizen Survey, to Open Line and Press Releases, to the city's annual Water Quality Reports and the Zoning Ordinance, the Media section provides one-stop shopping for all of the City's online publications and media.

Left Sidebar

On the left-hand side of every page, you will find a menu of orange buttons to provide navigation options unique to that section of the web site. Many of these menu buttons also contain pop-out menus to provide links to as much information as possible in the fewest possible clicks.

Below the left-hand menu on every page is a search bar where you can search the entire web site, including all web pages and PDF documents.

Header and Footer

In the header of the web site, you will find the City's logo (also providing an ever-present link to the home page) to the left of photography provided by City of Auburn staff and citizens. These images are intended to represent life in Auburn via photography. Please go to the photos page to submit your own photography to share with visitors to the City's web site.

As our library of photographs grows, look for these pictures to change as you re-visit each page of the site, and for some individual web areas, such as the Library and Parks and Recreation, to offer photography with a unique flavor appropriate for the special offerings they provide to Auburn residents.

In the footer of every page is contact information where you can find out more about that section of the web.

Body

In the content found in the body of the web site, look for words or passages in blue to indicate a hyperlink to more information.

Right Sidebar

On the right-hand side of every page are links to highlighted events and information we think you will find of special interest. These may vary from section to section, so be sure to pay attention to the information and offerings highlighted in different web areas.

Privacy & Security

We at the City of Auburn respect your privacy and security as a visitor to the City of Auburn website. This web site sets does not use cookies and does not collect any personal information about its visitors.

We also keep scripting to a minimum for users who purposely disable javascript and other scripting. If you have all scripting disabled in your web browser, the rotating picture galleries in page headers will not function properly, but all content and navigation should be fully functional.

Functionality

This site has been tested with Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 & 7, Firefox versions 1 & 2, Opera version 9, and Safari for Windows and OSX. If you experience any problems with this website, please contact us using the link in the feedback section below.

This site is optimized to display properly for resolutions from 800x600 and up. At very low resolutions, the some pull-down menus may be longer than your screen. All content on these menus can be accessed by using your scroll wheel to scroll the page down while pointing at the menu.

Feedback

Thank you for your interest in the City of Auburn website. We invite you to contact us with feedback on how we can improve the City of Auburn's web offerings.