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Commissioners raise concerns about nationwide mail delays, question presort use for county mailings
Summary
Commissioners discussed lengthy delivery delays and alleged mail loss tied to regional sorting centers and presort services; they called for more testing and flagged a potential operational risk for county mass mailings.
Commissioners at the St. Francois County meeting spent an extended portion of the session discussing a pattern of delayed and missing mail tied to regional sorting centers and presort mailing services.
A county official recounted a test in which two nearly identical envelopes were mailed on the same day: one processed through the local post office and one through a presort service. The local post office delivery arrived within days while the presort piece remained undelivered…
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