While Petersburg continues to endure limited hours at the post office service window, long lines and a lack of masking enforcement in the building, the borough assembly is considering asking the U.S. Postal Service to offer home delivery.
A draft resolution was presented to the assembly at its Dec. 6 meeting, with further consideration planned when the assembly meets Dec. 20.
The Petersburg Chamber of Commerce wrote a letter in support of home delivery.
The post office has been a common frustration among businesses, said Jim Floyd, chamber of commerce president.
“It’s been a frustration because of the constant turnover and lack of help at the post office, so as far as a business, what happens is we send people up there and they have to wait for an hour or two or whatever it is,” Floyd said.
Though businesses receive products through barges and planes, Floyd said they also get many items through the post office, such as firearms, which makes delays hard on business.
He believes home delivery could help the situation, but warned that it would take time and money to install mailboxes.
“I understand, you know, stuff happens, we have seen people call in, but nothing has worked so far and it is frustrating, and so this is a viable option,” Floyd said.
Assemblymember Dave Kensinger said home delivery could provide an economic benefit. He said his other goal in presenting the resolution was to get the attention of the Postal Service to address its poor service. Home delivery is not an unreasonable request, he said.
“If we do get delivery service, then we’re going to save a lot of money individually, our individual time that we have to spend going to the post office and a lot of time that the businesses have to spend paying an employee to go up to the post office to receive mail,” Kensinger said.
Assemblymember Jeff Meucci believes the problems at the post office are a topic of daily conversation and believed the resolution would be a good start for change.
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