Recent News

Breakfast for Veterans!

10/27/2025

The Benton Golden Agers Club will be serving those who served on November 15th at the Community Building from 7am-10am.

Prizes and free home harvested honey for our local heroes.

Thank you, Veterans!

Benton City Council Meeting!

10/18/2025

The next Benton City Council Meeting will be on Monday, October 20th at 7pm at the Community Building!

Click here for the Agenda

Click here for the Consent Agenda

Click here for the Council Packet

Updated traffic and public offense laws!

9/26/2025

If you are curious to read about the laws that our Benton officers use on a daily basis,

Click Here for the current Standard Traffic Ordinance!

Click here for the current Public Offense Code!

Quality reading right here, folks.

Watering!

9/18/2025

New watering schedule!  

We are required to follow the schedule of our water supplier, City of Wichita.  We had been at a once per week watering schedule throughout the summer, but that schedule has now been changed to three times per week.  

You can find out more details by clicking here!

Monthly Council Meeting!

9/14/2025

The next Benton City Council Meeting will be on Monday, September 15th at 7pm at the Community Building.  It will also be broadcast on our facebook page for full transparency for the public!

Click here for the Agenda!

Click here for the Consent Agenda!

Click here for the Meeting Packet!

Water Quality Report 2025

8/27/2025

Well, when we published our Water Quality Report in May, we forgot to list the City phone number in the report.

Someone with a keen eye noticed this, and we have updated the report with our phone number!

You can view the Water Quality Report for the City of Benton by clicking here! 

This direct...

Budget Hearing and Council Meeting! 8/18/2025

8/16/2025

The 2026 Budget Hearing and Regular City Council Meeting will be Monday, August 18th at 7pm at the Community Building!

Click here for the Agenda

Click here for the Consent Agenda

Click here for the Council Packet

Water Quality Report 2025

5/22/2025

Each year we provide a report of our annual water testing.  If you are interested,

Click here for the 2025 Consumer Confidence Report!

Click here for the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report!

Click here for the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report!

Update on drought stage from our water provider!

4/8/2025

Click here for an update from our water provider, City of Wichita.

We are following their regulations for water use!

Drought Stage 2

8/1/2024

Hello, Benton! Monday, August 5th: Our water supplier is the City of Wichita, and they will be entering into Stage 2 Drought Response on Monday. As part of our water contract with Wichita, we will also be entering our Stage 2, called "Water Warning" on August 5th. The goal of a Water Warning Stage...

Wichita Water Status Information:

7/24/2024

As we get further into summer (increased water usage on average), we are watching our water provider closely as they announce drought stages.  If the stages move from 1 to 2, we will be asking Benton water users to help conserve water by a number of steps.

To keep up with the City of Wichita water...

New Hazard Mitigation Plan

7/15/2024

The City of Benton is included in a Hazard Mitigation plan titled Kansas Region G Hazard Mitigation Plan.  

Specifically, this hazard mitigation plan was developed to:

• Update the 2019 HMP
• Build for a safer future for all citizens
• Foster cooperation for planning and resiliency
• Identify,...

Water Quality Report

5/31/2024

You can now view the 2023 Water Quality Report by clicking here!

We take water samples daily for chlorine levels, and we also submit quarterly samples for quality testing throughout the year.  It is one of our main functions to make sure that you have quality drinking water.

New Program!

12/11/2023

If you plan on traveling for the Holidays, or at any other time, you can take advantage of our Vacation Watch Program.  This lets our Police Department know what to look for while you are away!  Just fill out the form and send it back to Chief Kichler at kkichler@bentonks.org!

Download the PDF...

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!