In response to recent changes at the Borough Building, Westmoreland County has changed the borough's polling location. Voting will now be permanently located the West Leechburg Firemen's Recreation Hall at 1116 Gosser Street. 

This will be the borough's new voting location starting with the November, 2021 election.

At the September council meeting, council approved Ordinance 323. This ordinance formally adopted the borough's new codebook.

This new codebook is fully updated from the previous, 1996 edition, adding dozens of ordinances, including the zoning ordinance. Further, this new codebook is fully digital and accessible to everyone. 

The result of a year's worth of collaboration between council  members, both secretaries, and General Code, the borough is happy to provide the link to our new, digital, searchable code below.
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https://ecode360.com/WE4239

In accordance with changes to the state's public meeting laws, the borough will be posting council meeting agendas the day before council meetings. The agenda for the September 2021 meeting can be found below or by clicking here. 

The borough newsletter for 2021 can be found below. 

Paper copies can be requested from the borough secretary.

If you would like an easy to download option, click here.

As previously announced, clean up days will take place on September 14th and September 21st. Below you will find details on which areas of town are having clean up day on each date. Not all streets are listed, please look for streets near yours. Regular garbage collection will continue in parts of town not listed on each date. Regulations are also listed below.


Tuesday, September 14, 2020
Bridge Street and all streets from Bell Avenue up to and including Giron Street and Edgewood Drive. (Including, but not limited to: South Ave, North Ave, Summit St)


Tuesday, September 21, 2020
All streets below Giron Street and Edgewood Drive to First Avenue. (Including, but not limited to: Gosser St, Plazak St, All numbered streets, Jantosik St)


Regulations:

• All items within 5 feet of the street will be taken.
• All small, loose items and paper items must be contained.
• Tree limbs must be less than 3inches in diameter and 4 feet in length and must be bundled.
• NO grass clippings.
• Carpets/Rugs/Padding must be less than 4 ft in length and must be tied into bundles one person can lift.
• Empty paint cans must have lids removed
• ALL refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, and dehumidifiers must have all Freon professionally removed and certified.
• One of each appliance/piece of furniture per household (example: 1 couch, 1 chair, 1 washer, 1 dryer, etc…)
• No boxed items in case of rain.
• Items MUST BE able to be picked up by 2 people.

Items that WILL NOT be taken:
Liquid paint, any liquids, hazardous/infectious/toxic materials, construction or demolition materials, grass, dirt, sod, stones, ashes, concrete, tires, excrement, solvents, paint thinners, oil, containers holding liquid gas, paints, or kerosene, car parts or batteries, televisions, computers and computer equipment, items over 5 feet in length or over 75 pounds (except furniture).



The final decision to accept/decline items or amounts will be at the discretion of the garbage collector.

​Council Highlights for 7/14/21

• Clean up Days will be September 14th and 21st. Will make a separate post later detailing locations and regulations later today/tomorrow.
  
• Discussed the upcoming closure of part of State Route 356 and the detour. The official detour is entirely outside of West Leechburg's borders, but there are concerns Piper Road will be used as an extra detour. The borough has contacted PennDOT, but they were entirely unresponsive because we are "outside the project area."
  
• Discussed continued secretarial modernization, including moving to direct deposit for payroll. (The 21st century finally caught us!)
  
• Discussed adjustments/fixes to be done by the paving contractor on Schall Lane to address a drainage issue.
  
• Heard from representatives of West Leechburg Crime Watch regarding their plans to hold a National Night Out event at the firehall on August 3rd.
  
• Discussed the beginning of the consolidation study between West Leechburg and Allegheny Township. This was delayed due to the secretarial vacancy.
  
• Discussed several grant applications that are in various stages of completion/implementation/approval.

Semper Gratus will be hosting their Santa Shuffle fundraiser in town on 7/10/21. Please see the image below for affected streets.