Post Office hours of retail operation Resolution that was passed at the 11/13/12 Town Board Meeting.
Whereas: The USPS has announced that the hours of operation for the 12838 Hartford Post Office Retail Counter will be reduced from 7.5 hours to 4 hours per week day with Saturday operation remaining unaffected;
Whereas: The USPS has announced that the determination of which particular hours per weekdays has not yet been determined;
Whereas: Numerous Hartford citizens made their opinions known at the USPS meeting of 11/1/12 that they would prefer afternoon Retail Counter hours;
Whereas: A large majority of the Town’s citizens are employed outside of the town at typical weekday 9am-5pm jobs, therefore they would not be able to avail themselves to the Retail Counter until after 5pm;
Whereas: The largest single employer within the town is the Hartford Central School District which does not dismiss students until 2:30pm, therefore school staff would not be able to avail themselves to the Retail Counter until after dismissal;
Whereas: Any hours of weekday Retail Counter Operations, that do not take these facts into account will only serve to guarantee that the Retail business load will dramatically drop off and further encourage the USPS to look at closing the facility in the future;
Resolve: That the Town of Hartford Town Board feels that retaining the local USPS Hartford Post Office with Retail Counter is vital to the identity of the community;
Resolve: That the Town of Hartford Town Board encourages the USPS to use a Time Clock Lock to the exterior door of the PO Box room so that opening and access will be unaffected by the hours of manning;
Resolve: The Town of Hartford Town Board requests that the USPS set the reduced hours of weekday manned Retail Operation for 2pm-6pm with Saturdays remaining unaffected at 8am-11:30am