Your Source for Information on Community Facts, Announcements, and Upcoming Events
Welcome to the official West Leechburg Borough website, your source for news and information concerning the borough. Below are highlights of notices, events, and newly uploaded information on the borough. In general more detailed information on the bullet items below can be obtained by clicking on the red lettered phrases, which will take you to the appropriate specific website tab. For fun check out the neat aerial views of our community below. We hope you find this website useful and interesting.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
The annual Semper Gratus fund raiser event will be held on March 16, 2019. Two separate activities to occur on that day are the Shamrock Shuffle 5k at 9:00 AM and the St.Patrick's Day Dance fundraiser held at the West Leechburg Fire Department Social Hall from 6:00 to 11:00 PM. Go to the calendar tab or click here for more details. Fund raised will benefit United Cerebral Palsy and the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.
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An Easter Egg hunt is planned for the boro on Saturday, April 20th at 12:00PM. Kids pre-K through 6th grade are welcome to participate. Please go to the calendar or click here for more details.
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Upcoming Hard to Recycle Items drop-off sites and dates:
- March 30th, Gilpin Township event will collect broken CRT (tube),console, projection TVs monitors,flat screen TVs,s mall Freon containing devices, paint, household hazardous waste/chemicals, lithium batteries, button cell batteries, and other universal waste. Click here for details such as cost, etc.
- May 11th at Pittsburgh Mills, event will collect CPU (towers), laptops, mice, keyboards, home phones, cell phones, tablets,PDAs, UPS, servers, routers, modems,web and digital cameras, DVD players,VCRs,paper shredders, clock radios, stereos, microwaves, copiers,Fax machines, scanners, zip drive, electronic cables, video game consoles, expanded polystyrene packaging material, Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (No cost previous items), and Computer Monitors,Televisions,Console or Rear Projection TVs,Printers, Alkaline Batteries, Small Freon Containing Appliances,CDs, DVDs, VHS TAPES & FLOPPY DISKS, Tires (car/truck),Hard Drive Data Destruction Verification,Hard Drive Data Destruction Verification, and Fluorescent Tubes.
Click here for details such as cost, etc.
The annual Semper Gratus fund raiser event will be held on March 16, 2019. Two separate activities to occur on that day are the Shamrock Shuffle 5k at 9:00 AM and the St.Patrick's Day Dance fundraiser held at the West Leechburg Fire Department Social Hall from 6:00 to 11:00 PM. Go to the calendar tab or click here for more details. Fund raised will benefit United Cerebral Palsy and the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.
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An Easter Egg hunt is planned for the boro on Saturday, April 20th at 12:00PM. Kids pre-K through 6th grade are welcome to participate. Please go to the calendar or click here for more details.
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Upcoming Hard to Recycle Items drop-off sites and dates:
- March 30th, Gilpin Township event will collect broken CRT (tube),console, projection TVs monitors,flat screen TVs,s mall Freon containing devices, paint, household hazardous waste/chemicals, lithium batteries, button cell batteries, and other universal waste. Click here for details such as cost, etc.
- May 11th at Pittsburgh Mills, event will collect CPU (towers), laptops, mice, keyboards, home phones, cell phones, tablets,PDAs, UPS, servers, routers, modems,web and digital cameras, DVD players,VCRs,paper shredders, clock radios, stereos, microwaves, copiers,Fax machines, scanners, zip drive, electronic cables, video game consoles, expanded polystyrene packaging material, Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (No cost previous items), and Computer Monitors,Televisions,Console or Rear Projection TVs,Printers, Alkaline Batteries, Small Freon Containing Appliances,CDs, DVDs, VHS TAPES & FLOPPY DISKS, Tires (car/truck),Hard Drive Data Destruction Verification,Hard Drive Data Destruction Verification, and Fluorescent Tubes.
Click here for details such as cost, etc.
- The TAX COLLECTOR for West Leechburg is Kevin Smith. The school property taxes for 2018 are past due and cannot be collected by this office. If you still owe these taxes contact the
Westmoreland County Tax office who will provide directions on how to pay the taxes. The next property taxes to be due are the spring county and borough property taxes which will be sent out the end of February. Go to the TAX COLLECTOR TAB above for more info or click here. For questions please contact Kevin Smith by calling 724-433-0794. Thank you.
- The Unconventional Gas Well Fund Usage report for 2018 is now available. Please click here to open the report.
- Dye testing of sewer system is required for new construction and before the sale of existing properties. Go to Borough Regulations page for more detail.
- Borough regulations on solicitation within the borough
-It seems there have been complaints regarding some utility service providers. For help and guidance in resolving these complaint please click here for guidance from Public Utility Commission for taking care of these complaints and issues.
2018 Newsletter
Newsletter Highlights:
Westmoreland County Tax office who will provide directions on how to pay the taxes. The next property taxes to be due are the spring county and borough property taxes which will be sent out the end of February. Go to the TAX COLLECTOR TAB above for more info or click here. For questions please contact Kevin Smith by calling 724-433-0794. Thank you.
- The Unconventional Gas Well Fund Usage report for 2018 is now available. Please click here to open the report.
- Dye testing of sewer system is required for new construction and before the sale of existing properties. Go to Borough Regulations page for more detail.
- Borough regulations on solicitation within the borough
-It seems there have been complaints regarding some utility service providers. For help and guidance in resolving these complaint please click here for guidance from Public Utility Commission for taking care of these complaints and issues.
2018 Newsletter
Newsletter Highlights:
Bankosh Sanitation is West Leechburg’s garbage collector
Garbage is collected in the borough Tuesday and needs to be placed on the curb late Monday or early Tuesday morning. There are no garbage collection bills paid by property owners but rather the borough pays for this service. Collection is limited to 3 garbage bags. Additional bags can be collected that have prepaid stickers attached to them. Click here for more info
- Garbage is not collected on any main holiday that falls on Tuesday, but is collected on the following day.
- Borough clean up days are generally held during a day or two in late summer or early fall. This is an opportunity for property owners to dispose of larger items. Appliances or devices that have freon and any cans/containers that have harmful chemicals or paint will not be picked up. Check back to this website for the scheduled pick up dates.
Aerial views of West Leechburg compliments of Travis Bell
- Garbage is not collected on any main holiday that falls on Tuesday, but is collected on the following day.
- Borough clean up days are generally held during a day or two in late summer or early fall. This is an opportunity for property owners to dispose of larger items. Appliances or devices that have freon and any cans/containers that have harmful chemicals or paint will not be picked up. Check back to this website for the scheduled pick up dates.
Aerial views of West Leechburg compliments of Travis Bell