Postal Service to hold public meeting on mail processing study

CAROL STREAM, IL—The U.S. Postal Service will hold a public meeting to discuss its proposal to move some mail processing operations from the Palatine Processing and Distribution Center into the Carol Stream Processing and Distribution Center.

The meeting will take place at 7:00 p.m. on September 22, 2009 at the Wojcik Conference Center at Harper College, located at 1200 Algonquin Road, Palatine, IL, 60067. A summary of the proposal, the meeting agenda and presentation materials will be made available to the public on usps.com prior to the meeting.

With the deep decline in mail volume due to current economic conditions, the Postal Service has an excess of employees and equipment in some mail processing operations. A study was begun on June 10, 2009 at the Palatine Processing and Distribution Center to determine the feasibility of consolidating redundant operations to see if any efficiencies and cost savings would be achieved.

The study results support consolidating some mail processing operations that are currently being performed at the Palatine Processing and Distribution Center by taking advantage of available processing capacity at the Carol Stream Processing and Distribution Center in order to increase efficiency and improve productivity.

While no final decision has been reached, Postal Service managers will give an overview of the reasons for the proposal and its possible outcomes, and will listen to community input and concerns. A summary of the proposal, a meeting agenda and presentation materials will be made available on usps.com.

Anyone who wishes to submit comments in writing can send them to:

Public comments will be accepted through October 7, 2009.

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