Thursday, Friday: USPS to Attend Open Meetings on Preserving Postal Service
Manchin staff will be on-hand to facilitate public workshops
Washington, D.C. — Officials from the United States Postal Service will attend regional open meetings this week in communities whose post offices are facing potential closure, and representatives from U.S. Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) staff will be on hand to help facilitate these community workshops. Earlier this month, Senator Manchin reached an agreement with the U.S. Postmaster General to host these public workshops with U.S. Postal Service officials to give local residents the opportunity to communicate creative proposals that might help preserve postal service.
“West Virginia families are rightly concerned with what might happen if the U.S. Postal Service forces some of our local post offices to close,” Senator Manchin said. “So it’s important that we bring all sides to the table to discuss this issue and share commonsense ideas about how we might protect our local post offices while also achieving cost savings for the Postal Service.”
The U.S. Postal Service is reviewing mail operations around the state. Earlier this month, Senator Manchin spoke directly to U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, who agreed to join Senator Manchin in hosting regional workshops in West Virginia to gather ideas from local officials and concerned citizens on ways mail service can remain intact while achieving cost savings. Senator Manchin wrote a letter to the Postmaster General this month to reiterate that agreement, and the Senator asked that the post office initiate no further action on potential closures until regional workshops have been held.
Senator Manchin has previously joined his colleagues in the Congressional delegation to call on the Postmaster to explain why a disproportionate number of area mail processing studies are occurring in West Virginia.
The schedule for Postal Service Workshops this week is included below:
THURSDAY, April 28
Postal Service Workshops
Counties: McDowell County, Raleigh County
When: 10-11:30 a.m.
Where: McDowell County Commission Meeting Room, 109 Wyoming Street, First Floor, Welch
What: Senator Manchin’s staff will facilitate a meeting between local residents and U.S. Postal Service officials to talk about commonsense ideas that might help preserve mail service.
When: 3-4:30 p.m.
Where: Raleigh County Public Library, Main Branch, General Assembly Room, 221 N. Kanawha St., Beckley
What: Senator Manchin’s staff will facilitate a meeting between local residents and U.S. Postal Service officials to talk about commonsense ideas that might help preserve mail service.
FRIDAY, April 29
Postal Service Workshops
Counties: Wood County, Randolph County
When: 10-11:30 a.m.
Where: Parkersburg Municipal Buidling, City Council Chambers, 1 Government Square, Parkersburg
What: Senator Manchin’s staff will facilitate a meeting between local residents and U.S. Postal Service officials to talk about commonsense ideas that might help preserve mail service.
When: 3-4:40 p.m.
Where: Wees Annex Building, 32 Randolph Avenue, Elkins
What: Senator Manchin’s staff will facilitate a meeting between local residents and U.S. Postal Service officials to talk about commonsense ideas that might help preserve mail service.
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