Milton mail delivery under analysis
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MILTON — The U.S. Postal Service continues to crunch numbers in Rock County.
This time, the Milton Post Office is under analysis.
Postal workers Monday learned of the analysis, City Clerk Nancy Zastrow said. Zastrow contacted a regional postal office to learn more.
Postal Service spokeswoman Marge Oehlke told Zastrow the federal office is analyzing the cost-effectiveness of mail delivery out of Milton. If it makes sense, Milton’s carriers could work out of the Janesville office instead, Zastrow was told.
The analysis will take one to two weeks, Zastrow was told.
No decisions have been made, and no postal workers are expected to lose their jobs, Zastrow said she was told.
A similar analysis has lead to route consolidation at many post offices in the region. On the other hand, many other local post offices have had no changes after a similar analysis, Oehlke told Zastrow.
In January, Clinton’s mail carriers started delivering mail out of the Beloit post office.
In February, Orfordville mail carriers started to work out of the Brodhead post office.
If Milton’s delivery routes were changed, postal customers still could drop off mail, buy stamps, send packages or use a post office box at the office at 150 Hilltop Drive, Milton, Zastrow was told.
The Milton post office has three city routes and five rural routes. Each route has a carrier and substitutes. The office also has three mail clerks and a postmaster.
If changes are made, the post office would spread the word through the local media and via letters to customers, Oehlke told Zastrow.
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Mar 26, 2009 at 3:19 p.m.
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it may not even be a post office vehicle your talking about, rural carriers driver personal vehicles unless assigned one of the white llv s , the mail trucks that deliver the mail to the post offices are mostly contract workers with their own trucks,
Mar 25, 2009 at 5:40 p.m.
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I wonder if the Milton mail comes out of the Janesville office, if the USPS can then afford functional mufflers for the vehicles?
I wouldn't have 4 blocks of warning before the mail arrives though...darn.
Mar 24, 2009 at 4:05 p.m.
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We've heard rumors that the Palmyra Office was going to go the same way.. that it might combine with the Eagle Post Office. Slowly but surely, this small town is dying.
Mar 24, 2009 at 2:35 p.m.
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they are moving it they just dont want a public outcry before they do, at least in this case the carriers get advanced notice, other places they just tell you in two days report to this office, no warning, no time for family adjustments but hey its the government
Mar 24, 2009 at 1:01 p.m.
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The USPS has gone from surplus to bust with the collapse of third class mail during the recession, so I'd count myself lucky to have an office open at all by the end of this year.
Mar 24, 2009 at 12:59 p.m.
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Something similar just happened in Clinton, they are now working out of Beloit for sorting mail, the counter is still open... sad.
Mar 24, 2009 at 10:47 a.m.
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oops MrScott...I think you just let the cat out of the bag and the next analysis will be that of the Avalon post office.
Mar 24, 2009 at 10:18 a.m.
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Less offices should be fun around Christmas time! I still use the Avalon post office around that time of year, never once has there been more than 1 other person in that post office when I stopped to mail something - even around Christmas.
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