Welcome to our Website

Thank you for visiting the Town of Bolivar website. We hope that this site will bring our government to the people we serve, both near and far. We hope that in touring our site you can learn about us, what we do and the services we provide to our citizens.

Announcements

Organizational Meeting

There will be an organizational meeting before our monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at the new time 6:00 pm.


New Meeting Time
Effective January 17, 2012 the monthy Town of Bolivar Board Meetings will start at 6:00pm instead of 7:00pm.


2012 Budget
The 2012 budget is now available. Click here to view and download.


Notice of Receipt of Tax Roll and Warrent
The Town Clerk has published the Receipt of the Tax Roll and Warrent. You can read the notice on the Legal Notices page.


Recycle bins
The Village of Bolivar and the Town of Bolivar now have for your convienence opened 2 bins (1 for scrap metal and 1 for white goods) located inside the Village Barn lot next to the Village compost pile. Open Monday thru Friday during normal business hours. Please feel free to use this service with proceeds to be divided between the Village and Town.

Town Board Meetings

Town Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at the Town / Village Hall at 6:00 p.m. The Town Board welcomes the public to attend the board meetings. If you wish to address the board, please advise the board in advance so they can research the subject matter of your concern.


Town Board meeting minutes are now available online beginning with the minutes from the March 2011 Board meeting. Click here to view and download. Minutes from previous meetings are availble at the Town Hall.

Quick Contact Information
Town Building

Town/Village Hall
252 Main St
Bolivar, NY 14715


phone Phone: (585) 928-1860
fax Fax: (585) 928-2045

Vision Statement

To be a municipal government that works collaboratively with citizens and other governments to plan for and respond to citizen needs and provide timely, efficient, effective, and customer friendly services.

Find Us

Bolivar is a town in Allegany County, New York, USA.
Population:..... 2,223 at the 2000 census(source Wikipedia).
Latititude:......  42.066N
Longitude:....... -78.168W
Elevation:....... 1,594 feet
Here is a Google Map

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Statue of Simon Bolivar
Bolivar has a unique identity derived not only from its namesake, Simon Bolivar, but from the footprint left by the "oil boom". The discovery of oil in the 1880's hurtled the town from a population of a few hundred to thousands of people producing tens of thousands of barrels of oil each week. Engines could be heard day and night powering machines to pump the oil from the sands far below the surface. The engines now are rarely heard, but oil is still produced even though it's just a fraction of its once enormous volume.
The new courthouse addition is currently under construction. At the present time, plans will allow for the use of the new addition in the fall of 2010. Final completion date is dependent on the receipt of grant funds.