-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MEETINGS: FIRST THURSDAY EVERY MONTH 7:00 PM
BOROUGH BUILDING - 622 Washington ST
Until Furture Notice because of the Covid-19 Situation all Council Meetings are being held at the Bolivar American Legion Hall (upstairs) located at 503 Market Street, Bolivar. This is much large facility so we are able to practice safe distance measures.
Sunshine Notice for 2020
Monday January 6, 2020 - Re-Organizational Meeting 6:30 PM followed by Regular Monthly Meeting
Thursday February 6, 2020 Thursday March 5, 2020 Thursday April 2, 2020
Thursday May 7, 2020 Thursday June 4, 2020 Friday July 2, 2020
Thursday August 6, 2020 Thursday September 3 2020 Thursday October 1, 2020
Thursday November 5, 2020 Thursday December 3, 2020
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Tom Pickup - Mayor Clark Baird - President Sue Bartow - Vice President
Lewis McLaughlin - Council Person Gladine McMaster - Council Person
Jeffrey Miller - Solicitor Ron Betts- Street Commissioner Patricia Betts - Secretary / Treasurer
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Due to the outbreak the tax office will remain closed for walk in business. We will continue to do business by mail and send out payment receipts to those who wish to pay their taxes on time.
Jessica Betts - Tax Collector 724-990-8052
Office Hours : Wednesdays 12 Noon - 6 PM
To pay taxes in person - 894 Walnut St Bolivar, PA 15923 Note* Use Rear Entrance at Alley
By Mail: Address to Jessica Betts - Bolivar Borough Tax Collector - PO Box 52, Bolivar PA 15923
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Tax Rates for 2020 are as Follows:
Amusement Tax 5% OR $10.00 PER MACHINE Ordinance # 1994-3
Local Services Tax $ 52.00 per year Ordinance # 2016-1
Per Capita Tax 1/2 % OR $5.00 PER PERSON 18 AND OLDER Ordinance # 2018-2
Real Property Tax 16 Mills Ordinance # 2019-1
Real Property Transfer Tax 1/2 % Ordinance # 1985-1
Occupational Privledge Tax 1 % of earnings
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When purchasing a home in Bolivar the following Lien Clearance Letters are required before closing: Please contact the listed Authority to find out the cost of a Clearance Letter: All letters need to include the property Parcel # and physical Address and current owner name.
Bolivar Borough - Municipal Lien Clearance Letter 724-676-9950 Mailing address: PO Box C Bolivar PA 15923 $5.00 fee required - this includes research fee plus clearance letter. Make check payable to Bolivar Borough.
Jessica Betts, Tax Collector - Real Estate Clearance Letter - 724-990-8052 Mailing Address: PO Box 52 Bolivar PA 15923 $10.00 fee required - this includes research fee plus clearance letter. Ck made payable to: Jessica Betts, Tax Collector
Tri- Community Sewage Authority - Sewage Clearance Letter - 724-676-5631 Mailing Address PO Box 86 Bolivar PA 15923 $50.00 fee required- this includes dye test and letter. Ck made payable to Tri-Community Sewage Authority
HighRidge Water Authority - Water Clearance Letter - 724-459-8033 Mailing Address 17 Maple Ave, Blairsville PA 15712 $15.00 fee required - this includes research and clearance letter. Connection fees- are determined by HighRidge Water Authority , Mandatory must connect to public water.
Web Site: www.//HighRidgeWater.org
Embrace Recovery from all types of Addiction and Abuse: www.BolivarRCO@gmail.com 724-676-2111
Mesothelioma: https://mesothelioma.net/ for health and safety issues
History of our Town
Incorporated in 1863, the Westmoreland County Borough, partially surrounded by Fairfield on the Indiana County line, was then a flourishing community. It consisted mostly of Eastern European and Scottish immigrants who came to work at the Pennsylvania Canal, located along the Conemaugh River. Later, when the canal was closed, those same people got jobs in the several brickyards that gave Bolivar the name of "brick town." Bolivar is said to have been one of the oldest centers for fire brick manufacturing in the United States, second only to Mt Savage in Maryland. The area around Bolivar is rich in flint clays which is ideal for making fire brick. It is interesting to note that within the first twenty or thirty years of brick making in Bolivar, the industry had gone from building bricks to fire bricks. With the industrial rise of coke production and steel making, the demand for high quality fire bricks had started on an upward rise that would last for several decades. The presence of unusually fine fire making clays in the area and the proximity to steel furnaces in Pittsburgh made Bolivar the center of this industry.
The 2010 census reflected a population of 465.
Check out our Web site for additional information on our town.
Several additional web sites of interest :
https://mesothelioma.net/
www.bolivarrco@gmail.com
REMEMBERING ~ YESTERDAY ~ TODAY ~ TOMORROW
622 Washington Street, P.O. Box C, Bolivar, PA 15923 ♦ Phone: 724-676-9950 ♦ Email: BoroTreas@comcast.net