Welcome to The City of Benton This is Home!

Welcome to the official website for the City of Benton, Kansas. We are located in Butler County approximately 9 miles northeast of the City of Wichita, 5 miles north of the City of Andover and 12 miles west of the City of El Dorado.

Benton was established in 1909 and is currently growing with a population of approximately 943 people. We have created this website to help you become better acquainted with the City and the services it has to offer.

Featured News

Comprehensive Plan Hearing Draft!

9/6/2023

The Benton City Planning Commission will be holding a hearing concerning the Benton Comprehensive Plan on October 11th at 6:00 pm at the Community Building. Anyone interested is encouraged to attend.

You can click here to review the DRAFT copy of the Comprehensive Plan!

Benton Dedication to Transparency.

1/20/2023

In an attempt to make things easier for our citizens, we've created an "at a glance" page of Governing Body decisions. This will be updated after each meeting and will can be found on the City website.

You can find the decision guide by clicking here!

Recent News

Budget Hearing and September Council Meeting!

9/15/2023

It's that time once again! Budget Hearing will be held at 7pm on September 17th and the Monthly Council Meeting will be held at 7pm on September 18th, both at the Benton Community Center!

To see the meeting packets, click here for the Consent Agenda, and click here for the Council Packet!

Hearing Agenda page 1 Agenda page 2 Read More »

Annual Budget Hearing for 2024

8/11/2023

Annually, the City Council meets to for the purpose of hearing comments related to the proposed use of all funds for the following year. The strategy going forward is to incrementally reduce the mil levy as permissible while continuing to provide quality public service. The 2024 plan is for a...