NATCHEZ &045;&045; A resolution adopted by the Adams County Board of Supervisors in support of the Tracetown post office was unnecessary, Postmaster Bill Farrior said.

Board President Darryl Grennell said he had heard that the U.S. Postal Service’s Tracetown branch was possibly in jeopardy of closing, but Farrior said it would not.

Though the post office is looking into relocating the rural carriers to the Canal Street office, the Tracetown office will remain open.

&uot;People were under the impression that we were going to close Tracetown,&uot; Farrior said. &uot;But that has never been in the works. There will always be window service in that area of town. Whether the post office will keep people there we do not know for sure.&uot;

Farrior said they had been looking into contracting out the work done in the Tracetown office, but no final decision had been made.

Farrior said the rural carriers would be moved to the main office in order to increase delivery time.

‘The bottom line is none of the rural carriers have any supervision,&uot; he said. &uot;Mail is delayed because of logistics of being over there.&uot;

By putting all the carriers in one office the postal service could cut out transport between the two branches, making more time for carriers to begin deliveries.

&uot;We are looking out for our customers,&uot; Farrior said. &uot;We want the best for customers there can be.&uot;

Farrior said closing the Tracetown branch was not possible because of overcrowding at the main office.

&uot;We couldn’t think about closing it,&uot; he said. &uot;We couldn’t move postal operations here and live with it. It’s already too crowded.&uot;

Supervisors passed the resolution Monday in support of keeping the Tracetown branch open. Grennell said Monday the board would send the resolution to congressional delegates.