Village Of Bingham Farms

What Village Of Bingham Farms does

The Village of Bingham Farms is a Home Rule municipal government incorporated on June 7, 1955, serving approximately 1,124 residents across 1.25 square miles in Oakland County, Michigan. It administers core municipal services — police and fire protection delivered through a joint department with the Village of Franklin, weekly rubbish collection and curbside recycling, road maintenance and snow removal, stormwater management, planning and zoning, code enforcement, and property tax collection — for roughly 500 single-family homes, condominiums, and commercial properties along the Telegraph Road corridor. Median household income stands at $123,771 (2020 Census).

The village's operational technology stack is modest and consists of a Revize CMS government website, GovDelivery email notification system, Vimeo and YouTube for live and archived public meeting broadcasts, Bloomfield Community Television carriage, and an online reporting system for resident concerns. There are no proprietary technology products, patents, APIs, mobile applications, or AI capabilities. Building department, assessing, tax collection, and elections are delivered through partnerships with the City of Southfield and Southfield Township rather than in-house systems.

Revenue mechanics are dominated by annual property taxes billed July 1 through August 31 (1% monthly penalty accrual after September 1), funding police, fire, library, clerk and treasurer operations, planning, engineering, and road maintenance. Supplementary revenue streams include one-time permit and application fees ($100 base pre-application permit plus fire review fees), $42 recycling cart purchases, and business license registration fees. The seven-member elected Village Council, led by Village President Lisa Blackburn and Village Manager Jamie Moore, governs the entity; Village Treasurer William Pattyn administers finance. The leadership profile, shared-service model, and partnership footprint indicate a stable operating posture rather than a growth-oriented expansion mandate.

Name

Village Of Bingham Farms

Legal name

Village of Bingham Farms

Website

https://binghamfarms.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Village of Bingham Farms is a Home Rule municipal government in Oakland County, Michigan, administering police, fire, waste, roads, zoning, and tax services to about 1,124 residents across 500 households and a Telegraph Road office corridor, funded primarily by annual property taxes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIACAJ

Housing & Neighborhood Services (Local Housing Programs)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

SECONDARYEUAIAAAF

Public Works / In-House Municipal Collection Operations

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Environmental Services (Waste Management, Recycling & Remediation)/Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Collection & Hauling

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Local public administration
• Community planning and zoning
• Public safety services
• Property tax collection

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Property Tax Revenue: The Village bills once a year for operating taxes, payable July 1 through August 31 without penalty. Village tax bill funds police and fire protection, clerk and treasurer operations, library services, general administrative costs, engineering and planning services, road repairs and maintenance, and road snow removal.
2. Permit and Application Fees: Pre-Application Permit fee of $100 plus fire review fee based on square footage for suite renovations. Additional building and zoning fees collected through City of Southfield.
3. Recycling Cart Fee: Recycling carts available for purchase at $42.00 for new residents.
4. Business License Fees: Business license registration fees for commercial operations within the village.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Village of Bingham Farms is a Home Rule Village municipal government incorporated in Michigan that administers local government, public services, planning, and community information for approximately 500 residential properties and a commercial office district along Telegraph Road. It delivers police and fire protection through a joint Franklin-Bingham department, weekly trash collection, recycling, stormwater management, road maintenance, building permitting, code enforcement, and property tax billing for village operations.

Product overview

The Village of Bingham Farms operates as a traditional municipal government providing essential public services rather than a technology product company. The village's offerings consist of core government services (police, fire, trash, recycling, stormwater, roads, permits, taxes), supplemented by online engagement tools (newsletter, calendar, meeting videos, forms), web-based reporting systems, business development services for the commercial office district, and e-government functionality for resident transactions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Municipal Government Services
• Property Tax Administration
• Building Permit and Pre-Application Review
• Business License Registration
• Recycling Cart Sales
• Planning, Zoning, and Code Enforcement

Quantifiable outcome

• 24/7 police service provided by 12 full-time officers serving both Franklin and Bingham Farms villages
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Franklin-Bingham Police DepartmentcoreOthersJoint police department serving both the Villages of Franklin and Bingham Farms. Provides 24/7 police service with 12 full-time officers including Chief of Police, two Sergeants and 9 police officers. Located at 32311 Franklin Road, Franklin, MI 48025.
• Franklin-Bingham Fire DepartmentcoreOthersJoint fire department serving both the Villages of Franklin and Bingham Farms. Located at 32707 Franklin Road, led by Chief Tony Averbuch. Also accepts volunteer firefighters.
• SOCRRA (South Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Partners in Recycling and Waste. Provides year-round Household Hazardous Waste Drop Off at their Coolidge Rd facility (between 14 & 15 Mile Rds, across from Meijer). Residents must schedule appointments by calling 248-288-5150.
• Birmingham Area Cable BoardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVolunteer organization with representatives from City of Birmingham (7 reps), Beverly Hills (4 reps), Franklin (1 rep) and Bingham Farms (1 rep). Committed to resolving cable complaints, inviting cable competition, protecting public rights of way, and developing local public access programming.
• City of SouthfieldcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProvides building department services for the Village. Two sets of approved plans and construction plans are submitted to Southfield Building Dept for review and permit issuance.
• Southfield TownshipcoreOthersProvides assessing services through Oakland County, animal control, elections, and collects taxes for Oakland County, schools, and other taxing authorities. Located at 18550 W. 13 Mile Road, Southfield Township, MI 48025.
• Car TruckingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVillage's contracted rubbish collection provider. Weekly Thursday morning collection. Also provides additional services, large item pick-up scheduling, and roll-off dumpsters. Contact: 586-791-8480.
• Baldwin Public LibraryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBirmingham library provides services for Bingham Farms residents. All Bingham residents and employees of companies in Bingham are eligible for free library cards. Book return depository available at Village office.
• Oakland County Water Resources CommissionerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinates, implements and manages programs to protect and restore Oakland County's rivers, lakes and streams. Coordinates Municipal Storm Sewer System (MS4) public education programs.
• Alliance of Rouge Communities (ARC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative organization for stormwater management and protection of the Rouge River watershed. The Village participates in this regional environmental initiative.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• City of Sylvan Lake, Michigan: Adjacent Oakland County municipality with similar residential composition and small government footprint. Operates comparable municipal functions including police, refuse, and zoning for a similarly sized population.
• Southfield Township, Michigan: Bingham Farms was part of Southfield Township until its 1955 incorporation and continues to rely on the Township for assessing, animal control, tax collection, and elections. A direct peer for shared-services model comparison.
• City of Lathrup Village, Michigan: Small Oakland County municipality with a residential character and similar population scale. Comparable in service delivery model - small staff, contracted services, residential property tax base - making it a direct peer for benchmarking.
• Village of Franklin, Michigan: Adjacent Home Rule Village in Oakland County that shares joint Police and Fire departments with Bingham Farms (the Franklin-Bingham departments). It is the closest operational peer - same legal form, same shared-services model, and same service population profile.
• City of Pleasant Ridge, Michigan: Small Oakland County municipality sharing service-partnership patterns (e.g., police coordination, contracted sanitation). Comparable size and demographics, making it a useful peer for governance and budget benchmarking.
• Village of Beverly Hills, Michigan: Neighboring Oakland County Home Rule Village of comparable size and affluence. Operates the same municipal service model (police, fire via Southfield Township, refuse contracts) for a similarly small residential footprint.

Regional players

• City of Southfield, Michigan: Provides building department services to Bingham Farms and is the larger municipality containing the Telegraph Road office corridor. Regional peer for permitting workflow and commercial-district governance.
• City of Birmingham, Michigan: Larger Oakland County municipality and the dominant commercial hub in the area (largest holder of seats on the Birmingham Area Cable Board in which Bingham Farms participates). Regional peer for governance practice and shared-services comparisons.
• Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan: Affluent small Home Rule Village in Michigan with a similar municipal-services profile (joint police/fire, contracted refuse, residential tax base). Useful out-of-region peer for small affluent village governance.
• City of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan: Nearby Oakland County municipality of comparable affluence and residential character but larger scale. Regional peer for benchmarking municipal services, communications strategy, and home rule practices.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bingham-farms-inc.

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

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