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Colfax moves to validate physical addresses in USPS system to fix E‑911 and delivery problems

Colfax City Council · October 30, 2025
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Summary

The council unanimously approved a resolution directing staff to work with the U.S. Postal Service Address Management System (AMS), the FCC and the city's congressional office to validate Colfax physical addresses in the USPS database. Council members said mismatches between local addresses and AMS cause E‑911, mail and delivery errors for resi

Colfax City Council unanimously approved a resolution directing city staff to pursue validation of local physical addresses within the U.S. Postal Service’s Address Management System (AMS) to reduce E‑911 and commercial delivery problems.

Background: Council member Trinity Burrows explained that portions of Colfax remain classified as PO‑box delivery by the USPS AMS, which causes address validation failures for cellular providers, online retailers…

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