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• Return Empty Mail Envelopes (11/2/07)
• California Wildfires and Impacted ZIP Codes (10/24/2007)
• Postage Rates to Increase May 14
  (4/2/2007)
• Transportation Costs Drive Mail Piece Rate Increase
  (10/9/2006)

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Updated mailing information from Central Mail Services at the University of Iowa can be found at the following web site:  http://www.uiowa.edu/~fuscmail/

Return Empty Mail Envelopes (11/2/07)

The Mail Center is asking departments to return excess empty Campus Mail envelopes to them so that they can disperse them to departments in need.  Your cooperation is appreciated.

Postage Rates to Increase May 14, 2007 (4/2/2007)

The US Postal Service will increase postage rates on May 14, 2007. Average increases will be between 8 and 14%, depending upon weight and classification. The rate increase was made known months ago, but please be aware that MAJOR changes directly related to the dimension of mail peices will also occur. To see the new rate tables log on to http://www.usps.com/ratecase/welcome.htm.

Transportation Costs Drive Mail Piece Rate Increase (10/9/2006):

PSI of Cedar Rapids advised Central Mail/SUI and the UNI Mail Center late in September, that they were discontinuing their morning mail service to the Cedar Valley. The impact to UNI, is that with the discontinuation of the route and afternoon only service provided, UNI outgoing mail would no longer be metered and processed the same day. The UNI Mail Center believes that is an unacceptable level of service for UNI.

It should be noted that PSI has been an integral part of our partnership with Central Mail since inception. UNI Mail has traveled free of charge from Cedar Falls to Cedar Rapids as the presort facility was already serving other firms in the Cedar Valley area and had excess capacity. There was a cost for transport from Cedar Rapids to Central Mail in Iowa City. PSI benefited by receiving the merged UNI mail volume with SUI mail volume and both universities benefited by reduced rates.

After discussing with Central Mail and Chris Kula, we concurred in that we no longer want to be reliant on a third party for transport. SUI will assume responsibility for transporting UNI mail to Iowa City on an interim basis, effective October 9. The additional costs will be passed on to all UNI departments in the form of a $0.01 per piece increase for US and bulk mail. We estimate those costs to be approximately $15,000 annually. (Note: PSI estimated their daily cost for providing the service at $115/day or $28,750 annually).

UNI Mail Center will continue to explore additional options on a permanent basis and, during our interim arrangement, will ensure that outgoing UNI mail is metered and processed same day and will get the mail to Iowa City on those days when mechanical problems prevent SUI from picking it up, just as we did when PSI was providing the service. UNI departments will not see any changes in their current mail delivery and pick-up times.

Bill McKinley

University of Iowa's Mail Center