Benton Harbor Police Services
The Public Safety department seeks to prevent crime, violence, and fires by educating and building relationships with our community. If you have an emergency please call 911.
Port of Opportunities
Benton Harbor Fire Services
If you have an emergency please call 911. We provide fire safety, fire prevention and investigation, smoke detector usage, and information to keep our residents safe.
Benton Harbor Code Compliance
Our combined codes ensure that structures are built safely, property is well maintained, and residents are granted permission for certain activities in a fair and equitable manner.
Benton Harbor Public Works
Use our convenient online services to pay your taxes or utility bills (water and trash services).
Community & Economic Development
The Community and Economic Development (CED) department strives to foster a better quality of life for Benton Harbor residents. Learn more about the Vacant Lot Revitalization Purchase Program and the Community Development Block Grant Program.
City Assessor
Tax assessments are mailed out every year in February. Click below for information on your assessment, tax forms, and to view an assessing calendar. Through the Step Forward Michigan program, you may be eligible for an interest-free loan to assist you with tax payments if you have had a qualifying hardship.
Announcement Area
The City of Benton Harbor’s Trick or Treat hours are from 5:30-7:30 P.M. on Wednesday, October 31, 2018.
The City of Benton Harbor will begin crack sealing the roads identified on the map.
The contractor will begin the work on October 8, 2018. Sealing and filling asphalt concrete pavement cracks is a common road maintenance activity. Specialized materials are placed into or above cracks to prevent the intrusion of water and incompressible material into the cracks and to reinforce the adjacent pavement. This road maintenance is used to help prevent potholes from forming.
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