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Published: 6/29/2009 | Updated: 7/7/2009
The City Council on Monday threw its support behind an effort to try to keep the U.S. Postal Service’s mail processing and distribution center in Quincy.
On a 13-0 vote — with Aldermen Mike Rein, R-5, absent — the council approved a resolution urging the USPS not to move Quincy’s processing and distribution center to another community.
The Postal Service is conducting a study to determine if it should consolidate some operations and move Quincy’s processing and distribution center to Springfield. Doing so could result in the loss of up to 70 jobs and possibly lead to delays in the delivery of important mail.
The resolution was presented by Alderman Kyle Moore, R-3.
“I just thought it was important that we, as a city, make the public aware that we’re behind this processing and distribution center and that we let the citizens know that they can have their voices heard on this before a preliminary decision is reached,” Moore said.
He said letters of support can be mailed to the USPS in care of Loretta Tolliver, customer affairs manager, 1720 Market, St. Louis, Mo. 63155-9631. Moore urged the public to write letters to help keep the mail processing center in Quincy.
“I plan on doing so myself, and I just hope that we continue to let our voices be heard in this process,” he said.
Mayor John Spring said his office has been urging state and federal legislative representatives to do what they can to encourage the Postal Service to keep Quincy’s mail processing center in operation.
“They’re all very much aware of our situation,” he said. “We hope to use our influence to make sure that our congressional leaders, both at the national and state levels, do help support us in this venture.”
The Quincy center opened at 4330 Postal Drive about 8 1/2 years ago.
“We feel real good about what we’re doing to try to make sure that the U.S. Postal Service recognizes the fact that this is a valuable asset to our community,” Spring said.
— ehusar@whig.com/221-3378
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