The City of Windom has been operating under a Home Rule Charter since about 1920. The Government is a Mayor-Council Plan. The Mayor, Council Members-at-Large, and four Council members (two from each ward) are elected for four-year terms.

Council Meetings: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month at 6:30 p.m. They are live, recorded and rebroadcast on Channel 72 on Wednesday and Friday at 7:00 p.m. the week of the council meeting.  The meetings are also on YouTube live and available for viewing.

Council Packets contain council meeting agendas, minutes and minutes from the various boards and commissions that serve the City of Windom.