PANAMA CITY - If letter estimate operations are combined as proposed, smoothness times for first-class local letter would enlarge from overnight to two days.
It’s a lessen in service that a few who attended a open discussion Tuesday about the draft closure of the Panama City Mail Processing Facility mentioned is unacceptable. About two dozen people attended.
To lower costs, the Postal Service is deliberation consolidating its existing 487 letter estimate services to fewer than 200. Consolidating the Panama City trickery with the Pensacola trickery is segment of the discussion.
Eric Chavez, neighborhood executive of the North Florida District is to Postal Service, mentioned the group doesn’t have the letter volume to encouragement the number of estimate services it has.
Estimated annual cost extra savings of the Panama City converging is $2.59 million. Materials published forward of the discussion indicated cost extra savings of $3.6 million.It was explained the disparity in estimates was due to
Chavez mentioned the converging outline is not a completed treat and that open submit is needed, but he mentioned inaction is not an option.
"We are in a financial predicament correct now," he said.
The answer to that crisis, it was argued, is not the converging plan, at least not locally.
Mike Sullivan of the American Postal Workers Union mentioned the cost of transporting the letter from Panama City to Pensacola to be processed is not going to be cost efficient and in the routine patron service is going to suffer.
With the cost of stamps to go up and smoothness of local first-class letter behind along with the probability of those who send out bulk le! tter los ing a local discount, "we’re going to assign you more and give you reduction service," he said.
While first-class local letter smoothness time could increase, Priority Mail and Express Mail would still be existing for overnight delivery.
Other concerns voiced by a local letter conduit Joe Heath add closure of routes between Panama City and Pensacola in the eventuality of a whirly and delays in letter smoothness due to traffic problems on U.S. 98, the first highway trucks will take to ride letter between the cities.
"I’m upset about our capability to obtain the letter (out) at a periodic time every day," he said.
Trey Meadows, a letter processor at the Panama City location, mentioned he’s not certain the cost extra savings estimates are exact since they don’t add increased expenses at the Pensacola location.
"You’re unequivocally not removing the costs, you’re only transferring it to Pensacola," he said.
It was referred to during the discussion improved ways to residence the Postal Service’s financial problems add removing Saturday service and repealing the necessity that the group pre-fund worker retirement illness benefits.
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Sullivan moreover referred to directing explanation to members of Congress.
"This fighting is not going to be staid here," he said. "… It is going to be staid literally in the halls of Congress and in the Senate."
A deputy from Rep. Steve Southerland’s office attended the presentation. Lynn Haven City Commissioner Joseph Ashbrook was the only local inaugurated authorized who attended.