Recent News
Congratulations to the winners of the June photo contest! First Place: Grain Elevator on Main Street. Second Place: Benton Airplane. Third: Sunset over Benton. Call Maranda at 316.778.1625 to claim your prizes!
Update on drought stage from our water provider!
4/8/2025
Click here for an update from our water provider, City of Wichita.
Come and talk with your Legislators!
3/14/2025
Butler County Farm Bureau and the City of Benton have teamed up to bring you Coffee With Your Legislators.
City Council Meeting 3/17/2025
3/13/2025
The next City Council Meeting will be on Monday, March 17th at 7pm at the Benton Community Building.
For all of the gardeners!
3/7/2025
We are proud to team up with the K-State extension office to bring you this fun and educational continuing event!
February 2025 Council Meeting <3
2/14/2025
*EDIT: This meeting has been canceled due to weather. The next regular Council Meeting will be March 17th.
Waste Connections Schedule!
12/31/2024
Waste Connections will be picking up your container on January 3rd instead of January 2nd due to the New Year Holiday.
Outdoor Watering:
9/16/2024
In an effort to more closely correlate with our water supplier, we are sharing their outdoor watering restrictions. Over the month, Benton has reduced usage by 12.42%. Thank you for staying aware of your usage and please continue to keep our Drought Stage 2 conditions in mind while using water.
New payment system!
9/3/2024
Tired of waiting for your bill to arrive by mail? Want to go paperless or pay by text? Now you can, with Benton's new payment portal.
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 2 is to reduce peak demands by 20% and overall weekly consumption by 10%. We can do this! This is what the City of Benton will be asking of our residents: 1. If you are watering your lawn with City water, please water with odd numbered addresses on odd days and even number addresses on even days. This excludes wells. 2. Outdoor water use, including watering and car washing - please restrict this to before 10am and after 9pm. 3. Please refill swimming pools only one day per week. 4. If you are watering shrubs or flowers, please use a bucket or a hose instead of a sprinkler.
Budget Meeting!
7/24/2024
On July 31st at 6pm at the Community Building, City Staff will be holding a 2025 Budget information meeting. This is a time for anyone to ask questions or give comments. A summary of the 2025 Budget is lower property taxes due to the public vote last year to relieve property tax with the 2% sales tax.
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.
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.
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!
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.