{"id":2455319,"date":"2020-03-03T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=322007"},"modified":"2020-03-03T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T05:45:00","slug":"changes-are-afoot-at-aspen-and-snowmass-post-offices-now-that-new-postmaster-has-moved-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/changes-are-afoot-at-aspen-and-snowmass-post-offices-now-that-new-postmaster-has-moved-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes are afoot at Aspen and Snowmass post offices now that new postmaster has moved on"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The state of the Aspen post office lobby in early November.<\/strong>
Courtesy photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

After a year on the job, Aspen and Snowmass\u2019 postmaster has moved to a new position within the U.S. Postal Service in another state.<\/p>\n

Aleicia Dickson, whose last day was Friday, started here in March 2019.<\/p>\n

During that time, Dickson faced several challenges<\/a> while managing the Aspen post office, including several clerk and carrier jobs remaining open due to low pay compared with the cost of living, and vacancies in custodial positions that has left the lobby overflowing with trash.<\/p>\n

Dickson\u2019s solution was to remove the trash and recycling cans so people would stop throwing their garbage on the ground near the receptacles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was bummed that she left,\u201d James Boxrud, who works in the USPS\u2019s strategic communications department in Denver, said Tuesday. \u201cShe was doing a good job.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the position has been advertised within the USPS in 19 states.<\/p>\n

Internal applicants are being interviewed this week and a decision is expected next week.<\/p>\n

In the interim, Reza Tehrani, who is the postmaster at the Carbondale post office, is at the helm.<\/p>\n

Boxrud said he estimates the average tenure for a postmaster in Aspen is about a year on the job.<\/p>\n

He acknowledged the difficulty in attracting and retaining employees here, and the USPS pays managers to relocate when necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be great to have housing,\u201d Boxrud said, noting the lack of affordable housing in the valley.<\/p>\n

Boxrud said the USPS is still actively seeking to fill several vacant positions at the Aspen post office, and recently held a job fair in Glenwood Springs.<\/p>\n

A carrier assistant job posted on Indeed shows the hourly wage at $17.29.<\/p>\n

Boxrud said to attract more applicants, the USPS is offering benefits at the date of hire instead of waiting months for the employee to gain \u201ccareer status\u201d within the federal organization.<\/p>\n

Dickson told The Aspen Times in December that she had posted job openings for two full-time carrier positions, five clerk positions, two custodial positions and five part-time clerk and carrier positions.<\/p>\n

At the time, she expressed frustration on not being able to find employees but said she was motivated in finding solutions.<\/p>\n

It will be someone else\u2019s job to do that once the USPS hires its next Aspen and Snowmass postmaster.<\/p>\n

csackariason@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The state of the Aspen post office lobby in early November.Courtesy photo After a year on the job, Aspen and Snowmass\u2019 postmaster has moved to a new position within the U.S. Postal Service in another state. Aleicia Dickson, whose last day was Friday, started here in March 2019. During that time, Dickson faced several challenges […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2455319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 12:29:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}