Nearly two years after its post office closed, Spanish Fort remains without one. City officials are not giving up that the U.S. Postal Service will eventually open one in the fast-growing Alabama city. But they admit it's an uphill battle.
McMillan said the latest round of complaints from residents comes from a lack of timely mailing of public notices for important meetings. The most egregious example, he said, had to do with public notices about a city planning commission meeting arriving after the meeting had been completed.
The USPS opted not to renew the contract that expired on January 15, 2021, which is part of a trend for the USPS. According to the– released on March 29 – the number of contract postal units declined from 2,022 in fiscal year 2019 to 1,820 last year in fiscal year 2021. That’s a 202 drop in contract postal units in two years. The USPS operates on a fiscal year that runs from October 1 to September 30.
McMillan said the reason Spanish Fort lost its postal service is related to a collective bargaining restriction that prohibits contract postal units operating P.O. boxes.pushed the postal service to open a full-service facility in Spanish Fort staffed with union workers. Hutkins, in his 2020 report on Spanish Fort, said he did not believe there were any issues with collective bargaining agreements that would have prevented a contract unit post office to operate. He said that details about the issue would have been released had the Postal Regulatory Commission conducted a hearing into Spanish Fort’s case, but that did not occur.
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