The Board of Supervisors approved a Proclamation at the 10/28/25 BOS Meeting to show support for the Postal Service and recognize the 250th Anniversary of the USPS. The full proclamation is included below.
Whereas, 2025 is the year of the 250th Anniversary of the creation of the United States Post Office, the predecessor of the modern Postal Service, one year earlier than the founding of the country itself, and later enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, and
Whereas, the Postal Service has played a significant role in the historical development of the country from the establishment of roads, railways, and airlines, and a vital part of the fabric binding together the people of the country, and
Whereas, the Universal Service Obligation (USO) in current law which enables the population to receive equal and affordable services no matter who we are or where we live is a democratic right of the people, and
Whereas, the U.S. Postal Service serves 169 million addresses six, and sometimes, seven days a week, and
Whereas, USPS does not receive taxpayer money but rather runs on its own revenue created by postage andpostal products, and
Whereas, due to its public mission, the Postal Service is the low-cost anchor of the $1.3 trillion dollar mailing and package industry which supports 7 million jobs across the country, and
Whereas, the Postal Service is an important source of good, union, living-wage jobs with fair hiring practices and equal pay for equal work for workers from all walks of life, and is one of the largest employers of Veterans, and
Whereas, any effort to privatize the USPS, in whole or in part, would undermine the very public mission of the Postal Service, the Universal service mandate and the dedicated work of hundreds of thousands of public servants, and
Whereas, while communication habits are always changing, the USPS remains a vital source of communications, the exchange of ideas, financial transactions, private and secure correspondence, mail-order medications, mail-in voting and e-commerce packages, and a host of opportunities for new and expanded services, and
Whereas, the United States Postal Service is owned by the people and is a wonderful national treasure encapsulating the best of government "of, by and for the people," therefore be it Resolved, that on this 28th Day of October 2025 the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors goes on record in support of the public mission of the USPS contained in the 1-970 Postal Reorganization Act which says, "The United States Postal Service shall be operated as o basic and fundamental service provided to the people by the Government of the United States, authorized by the Constitution, created by Act of Congress and supported by the people. The Postal Service shall have as its basic function the obligation to bind the Nation together..." and be it further
Resolved that this body appreciates the role of the U.S. Postal Service on its 250th Anniversary, salutes the hard-working postal workers from all walks of life who serve the people and business community, and supports a robust and thriving public Postal Service for generations to come!
Adopted this 28th day of October, 2025.