Imagine the story of a company who’s still serving the clients they began with over five decades ago; the story of a company who partners with city governments for multi-million dollar projects, and who collaborates with community members’ on other projects for a couple hundred dollars. Imagine the story of a company who completes massive endeavors, like the Jacksonville Water Treatment Plant, and more subtle strategies, like tying water mains under intersections. It’s a company that meets every size of project with the same level of partnership, commitment, and results — for five decades and counting. Such is the story of Benton & Associates, Inc. (B&A).

Benton and Associates, Inc. has updated the Bluffs village board on the town’s water tower project that focusing on three parts of the project — the planning phase, funding and design plans.

On the funding, the Bluffs village board was asked to approve a debt-authorizing ordinance with an aggregate principal amount up to $1.6 million to pay for the water tower. The board approved an ordinance proposing the issuance of water works revenue bonds not to exceed $1.6 million.