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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1989 U. S- Postal Service have necessitated reductions in hours the local postoffices will be "open 'for business"; and, in response to a query from Councilman Cole, Mr. Biersbach indicated that some work reduction as well as some work reassignments are being made to meet the mandates. Mr. Biersbach also noted that the decisions effecting local postal services hours are the result of much study and of efforts to minimize the effects so that the least number of postal patrons/customers will be effected. Mrs. Pat W. Erickson, present for this meeting, inquired as to a report or understanding that, as a "trade-off" to establishing the present postal facility at Spruce and Brookdale Streets, assurance was then given that the hours then in force at the downtown facility would never be changed, whereas Mr. Ronnie Stone cited the limited service now available at the Southside postal facility. Mr. Stone also posed a possibility that the long-range intent is to close both the Southside and downtown facilities and to build a new postoffice building somewhere in the City. Mayor Oakes, meanwhile, pointed to the fact that the local postal authorities did not forewarn local citizens in advance of the impending changes and that there is a real need for better communications on the part of the postal service and the citizens. After some continuing discussion, Council approved Mayor Oakes' recommendation that City Manager Brown prepare letters (for Mayor Oakes' signature) expressing the Council's and local public's concern with the local postal service reductions to the City's congressional representatives in Washington, D. C. Meanwhile, at Council's urging, Mr. Biersbach agreed to study the situation further and to confer thereon with Council. Council acknowledged receipt of a Report on Audit (now described as Financial Statements), as prepared by Ford, Hogg & Cobbe, CPA's, for the City's fiscal