MEETINGS: FIRST THURSDAY EVERY MONTH 7:00 PM
BOROUGH BUILDING - 622 Washington STREET
OFFICE HOURS: TUESDAY & THURSDAY 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sunshine Notice for Borough 2024
Tuesday January 2, 2024 - Re-Organizational Meeting 6:30 PM followed by Regular Monthly Meeting
Thursday February 1, 2024 Thursday March 7, 2024 Thursday April 4, 2024
Thursday May 2, 2024 Thursday June 6, 2024 Thursday July 11, 2024
Thursday August 1, 2024 Thursday September 5, 2024 Thursday October 3, 2024
Thursday November 7, 2024 Thursday December 5, 2024
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Clark Baird - Mayor Lewis McLaughlin - President Keith St. Clair - Vice President
Lou McLaughlin - Street Commissioner Gladine McMaster - Assistant Street Commissioner
Sue Bartow - Council Person Jeffery Miller, Council Person
Michael Smith - Solicitor Patricia Betts - Secretary / Treasurer
Emergency Manager Coordinator - Keith StClair
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tammie Baird - Tax Collector 724-388-1964
OFFICE HOURS:
Mon - Tues- Thursday - 5 PM to 7 PM by Appointment Only
Wednesday - 5 to 7 PM No Appointment Necessary
Fridays - closed Saturday 9 to 10 AM By Appointment Only
To pay taxes in person - 621 Washington Street, Bolivar PA
By Mail: Address to Tammie Baird - Bolivar Borough Tax Collector - PO Box 52, Bolivar PA 15923
Note: 2% Discount price for Spring Taxes ends April 30th. 2 % Discount price for Fall Taxes ends September 30th
Face Value Spring taxes ends June 30. Face value Fall taxes ends November 30th
10% Penalty on Spring Taxes starts July 1 10% Penalty on Fall Taxes starts December 1
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Tax Rates for 2024 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 20 Mills Ordinance # 2022 - 3
Real Property Transfer Tax 1/2 % Ordinance # 1985-1
Occupational Privledge Tax / also knowns as Earned Income 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.
Tammie Baird Tax Collector - Real Estate Clearance Letter - 724-388-1964 Mailing Address: PO Box 52 Bolivar PA 15923 $10.00 fee required - this includes research fee plus clearance letter. Ck made payable to: Tammie Baird, 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.FAVORWESTERNPA.ORG 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 2020 census reflected a population of 435.
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