IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County will look into possible legal action to prevent the U.S. Postal Service from making major changes at its mail processing and distribution center in Kingsford.
The first step, approved by the county board Monday, is to seek all documents related to the postal service’s analysis of the proposed changes. A Freedom of Information Act request will be filed to help “determine what further legal action could or should be taken,” Commissioner Barbara Kramer said.
Earlier this year, USPS announced it was doing a facility review at the Kingsford center to possibly convert it to a local processing center. Almost all mail from the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin would be sent to Green Bay, Wis., in connection with the move.
Kramer termed the proposal “totally unnecessary,” adding, “Upper Peninsula residents do not need their mail shipped to Green Bay. We can process it here in a more timely manner.”
The county’s action comes after postal officials faced protests at an April 1 meeting at Pine Mountain Ski and Golf Resort where initial findings of the Kingsford review were shared.
