Nearly 175 people spent two hours giving United States Postal Service managers their thoughts on preliminary plans to close down the Dakota Central Postal Sorting Facility in Huron. Many of those who attended the public meeting felt the USPS had already made their decision to close Dakota Central including Greater Huron Development Corporation Executive Director Jim Borszich…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/12/dakcentmeeting1.mp3|titles=dakcentmeeting1]That question was one that others in the meeting brought up, Moving the operation in Sioux Falls, to Huron…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/12/dakcentmeeting2.mp3|titles=dakcentmeeting2]The Postal Service says the Area Mail Processing or AMP study on Dakota
Central would save the USPS two-point-two million dollars annually with the termination of 14 positions and the remainder, being offered transfers to Sioux Falls. Borszich says impact of losing the 40 to 50 jobs associated with Dakota Central is significant…
If Dakota Central is shuttered, per the AMP Study, mail in the Huron area would be “hubbed” out of Post Offices in Watertown and Mitchell. The Huron Post Office would be a hub for mail service to Highmore in Hyde County. Borzich encourages those affected to write comments to the Postal Service to support keeping Dakota Central open. Comments must be postmarked by January 11th. At the urging of a number of US Senators, a moratorium on closures had been put in place until May 15th of next year. That means postal sorting facilities in Huron and Rapid City will be open until at least the middle of May.