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4 covered cities, 4 with a full record base - all from official records.
County score: city scores weighted by the records behind each, from the 4 of 4 cities with a full record base.
Share of scored cities in each band - a distribution, not a ranking.
60 public meetings are on Benton County calendars right now - 108 were held or scheduled in the last 90 days.
7 are coming up this week.
0 land-use and permit cases are on record across Benton County's covered cities.
Each case names the government record it came from.
No comment windows are open right now in the covered records.
Every agenda and project page shows how to take part when the record says so.
4 cities are covered; 4 have enough records for a number - 0 Good, 4 Limited.
A city appears as soon as its meeting portal or permit records can be read.
City government finances summed across the 4 covered cities with Census finance data - not every government in the area, and county/state/school spending is not included. Read from the Census Bureau government-finance file.
Reported by 4 city police agencies to the FBI (NIBRS) and read from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Offenses reported to the FBI by the covered cities' own police agencies, summed - not sheriff or state patrol activity, and not every city reports every year; reporting practices differ between agencies.
| City | AreaMatter Score | Meetings, 90 days | Land-use cases | Open comment windows | Records updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bella Vista, AR | 52 Limited | 15 | 0 | 0 | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Bentonville, AR | 58 Limited | 51 | 0 | 0 | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Rogers, AR | 53 Limited | 36 | 0 | 0 | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Siloam Springs, AR | 53 Limited | 6 | 0 | 0 | Sep 4, 2026 |
The next one on the calendars is Finance Committee Meeting (Bentonville) on Tuesday, September 8 - one of 60 meetings currently scheduled across Benton County's covered cities. Each meeting page links to the city's own agenda.
Cities set their own rules - sign-up forms, comment periods and time limits differ - so every agenda page here shows that city's own participation instructions when the record includes them.
Most of Benton County's covered cities rate Good on community safety: 3 Good, 1 Low of 4 scored cities, by reported crime against similar-size communities. In 2025, police agencies across Benton County's covered cities reported 467 violent offenses (about 1 for every 418 residents) and 1,632 property offenses (about 1 for every 120 residents) to the FBI. Counts are what agencies reported; practices differ between agencies and years.
Violent offenses are down 28% since 2021 and property offenses are down 49% since 2021, by the rates the covered cities' police agencies reported to the FBI (population-adjusted, complete reporting years only).
In FY2022, Benton County's covered cities spent $2,744 per resident. The biggest shares went to utilities (electric, gas) (35%), sewer, water & waste (17%), general government & administration (13%). Figures are the Census Bureau's own survey of local government finances, summed across the covered cities.
In FY2022, Benton County's covered cities raised $2,890 per resident, mostly from utility revenue (28%), sales & other taxes (25%), fines, interest & other (15%).
55 (Limited) - city scores weighted by the records behind each, from the 4 cities with a full record base. It describes what official records show about responsiveness, safety and spending; it never ranks governments or predicts anything.
4 of 4 covered cities have enough official records for a number: 0 Good and 4 Limited. A Limited band means the records show gaps or there are not yet enough records to say - never a judgement.
From the governments themselves: city meeting portals and agenda documents, city and statewide land-use records, reported crime and government finance files. Every item names its official source, and pages refresh every 12 hours.
Sorted by name, not by score. Computed Sep 4, 2026, 11:03 PM from official city records.