Mission Post Office brought in more moolah than Niles
By Matt Artz
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 8:28 am in Uncategorized.
The U.S. Postal service has spared the Mission San Jose Post Office, but is still considering closing the one in Niles. Yesterday they gave me comparisons that show the Mission branch bringing in a lot more money. Here’s a quick breakdown for 2009:
Niles:
Revenue: $369,592
Expenses: $215,746
Net income $153,846
Mission San Jose
Income: $734,946
Expenses: $267,198
Net income: $467,748
More detailed information can be found below, including info on the two Hayward branches taken off the closure list, when you click where it says to click
Fremont Niles
Revenue:
’07 401,783 ’08 407,680 ’09 369,592
Personnel Cost
$122,428
Facility Lease
$29,988
Transportation Cost
27,180 (2 trips per day)
Maintenance & Utility Cost
36,150
Approximate FY 09 net income
153,846
Fremont Mission
Revenue:
’07: $802,525 ’08: $774,306 ’09: $734,946
Personnel Cost
$164,486
Facility Lease
$34,080
Transportation Cost
$32,482 (3 trips per day from Main Office
Maintenance & Utility Cost
36,150
Approximate FY 09 net income
$467,748
Hayward – Bradford
Revenue:
’07: $1,209,331 ’08: $1,245,461 ’09: 1,154,128
Personnel Cost
$244,857
Facility Lease
Postal owned
Transportation Cost
$32,482 (2 trips per day from Castro Valley, 1 trip from MO)
Maintenance & Utility Cost
$36,850
Approximate FY 09 net income
$839, 939
Hayward – Mt. Eden
Revenue:
’07: $1,010,265 ’08: $1,030,102 ’09: $936,695
Personnel Cost
$164,486
Facility Lease
$45,540
Transportation Cost
27,180 (2 trips per day)
Maintenance & Utility Cost
$25,854
Approximate FY 09 net income
$673,635
Berkeley Park
Revenue:
’07 326,309 ’08 310,938 ’09 267,323
Personnel Cost
$122,428
Facility Lease
$8,400
Transportation Cost
32,482 (2 trips per day from Ber 2 trips from Ok)
Maintenance & Utility Cost
36,150
Approximate FY 09 net income
67,863
Additional factors under consideration:
Retail Units in close proximity
Alternative access to Retail Services
Stamps by Mail
Stamps on consignments
USPS.Com
Neighboring Retail Units
Customer visits
Customer transactions
# Business
# Permit mailers
Revenue trends
Staffing / salary
Rental cost
Maintenance / transportation cost
Replacement cost
One-time cost for replacement
Competitors
Socio-Economic (elderly, culture)
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January 27th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
I hope there’s something missing in these numbers. MSJ has a net income rate (as a percent of revenues) of 62% and Niles’ rate is 42%. That’s insane. What might be missing are indirect allocations back to USPS HQ. Otherwise, why are we paying more for stamps…
January 27th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Even though the Niles post office did not bring in as much money as Mission San Jose’s, closing it will have a detrimental effect on the community of Niles. Many businesses, senior citizens, and others use our post office, and we are isolated geographically, making it quite difficult to reach another full-service post office. Many walk to the post office, and driving to another will use more resources: using much more gas and mus\ch more time.
January 27th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Any time the government can turn 123k in personnel cost into 154k profit, I say go with it.
January 28th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Yes, it sounds like these post offices are subsidizing delivery costs…
January 28th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Regardless of this discussion, does anyone know why they pulled out the vending machines in the Dusterberry and Irvington post offices? It seems to fly in the face of any semblence of customer service. You can buy stamps at the new automated mailing machine, but only first class postage.
January 28th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Gus, I suppose you’re human like the rest of us, but I still think it’s funny that the ex-mayor of Fremont is complaining about stamp machines on the internet.
January 28th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
I’ll second Gus’s gripe at the Dusterberry office – - recently stood in line behind the usual weekday 10-15 souls-on-board – - – - to simply buy postage !
and I s’pose Marty is human like the rest of us, but I find it not terribly surprising that Marty thinks the Internet is the proverbial end-all for EVERYTHING the Postal service might carry . . . . not surprising at all.
January 28th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
I didn’t understand a word of that, box.
But, my point was that griping on the internet is a buck above Gus’ pay grade, that’s all.
January 28th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
AND AGAIN – - I can understand that you wouldn’t Marty.
January 28th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Speaking of the USPS. They’ve been touting their flat rate boxes on television quite heavily and we do use them. Trips to the Irvington and Dusterberry (main) post offices to pick up a couple proved fruitless. Both locations have prefabricated red plastic bins meant to hold the boxes. First, they are positioned so it is impossible to access them without disrupting the line of people snaking out the door. Secondly, once you excuse yourself and explain you’re not cutting in line you find there are no boxes. Now here’s where the Internet comes in. You can order them, at no cost, on line. Minimum order, five boxes (usually available within 7-10 days). How about if I need just one and I need it now?
January 28th, 2010 at 10:26 pm
Marty,
My pay grade nowadays is zero, so there is nothing below it. And, as I get older, I become more type A. Probably because I don’t want to waste any time on stupidity. I consider it stupid to make it harder to use the USPS than it already is – and then they complain that they are losing business to UPS or Fedex.
An example – In my ill fated run for Mayor in 2008, I mailed out about 1200 9 x 12 manila envelopes first class, $1 postage. In April, 2009 I got one returned as undeliverable, 10 months. I just shook my head and went on. Then, in May, I got another one. This one I took to the post office and asked them to explain. They couldn’t. I told them if they had another one, please don’t send it back. Efficiency.
January 29th, 2010 at 7:44 am
The Niles area is so different then MSJ. We have a grocery store – we can be fairly self-sufficient, although the nearest gas station is in Union City. We have shops that sell, and ship items. It is something they can close their store for 20 minutes and take shipments to the post office. They cannot afford the hour it would take to go to Dusterberry, find parking, and wait in line. Some of us work from 8-5. I can adjust my schedule slightly when I need to go to the P.O, (like with a package in excess of 13oz which I cannot just put in a mailbox) but Dusterberry, Mission Valley, The Hub are all in the wrong direction. These sub-sites in stores do not open until 10, when the store opens. It is also ludicrous for Cedric Brown, the Mgr of PO Operations to think everyone in our community can use “easy online tools”. They have not studied our demographics.