WHY YOUR OFFICE IS THE LEVEL IT IS

UNDERSTANDING THE PS150CREATED OVER 30 YEARS AGO

THE PS 150 WAS DEVELOPED BY HEADQUARTERS WITH IMPUT FROM THE POSTMASTER ASSOCIATIONS. IT IS USED TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF HOURS A POST OFFICE IS OPEN EACH DAY AND ALSO THE GRADE LEVEL OF THE ASSIGNED POSTMASTER.

HOW IS THIS DETERMINED?

BY WORK SERVICE CREDITS WHICH ARE BASED ON POSTMASTERS RESPONSIBILITY, REVENUE, TYPE AND NUMBER OF DELIVERIES, SEASONAL WORKLOAD, EXCEPTION CREDITS AND DEDUCTIONS.

WHEN IS A PS 150 COMPLETED?

THE INSTRUCTION ON THE FORM STATES• VACANT OFFICE• POSTMASTER INITIATED• 3 YEAR MANAGEMENT REVIEWS

A VACANT OFFICE IS AN OFFICE THAT HAS NO PERMANENT POSTMASTER ASSIGNED TO THAT COMMUNITY.

THIS USUALLY HAPPENS THROUGH A PROMOTION OF THE CURRENT POSTMASTER OR A RETIREMENT.

THE DISTRICT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE A PS150 COMPILED AND THEN TO VERIFY THE SUBMITTED DATA.IT IS THE POOM’S RESPONSIBILITY TO VERIFY THE DATA SUBMITTED AND TO THEN SEND IT ON TO HUMAN RESOURCES FOR OFFICE AND POSTMASTER LEVEL DETERMINATION.

A VACANT OFFICE MAY BE USED FOR A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD FOR TRAINING PURPOSES.

WHEN DOES A POSTMASTER INITIATE A PS 150 AND HOW?

THE POSTMASTER BELIEVES THAT THE OFFICE MAY QUALIFY FOR THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL DUE TO DELIVERY OR REVENUE GROWTH OR OTHER CONDITIONS CONTAINED ON THE FORM.

THE POSTMASTER SHOULD DOWNLOAD A PS150 FORM FROM THE BLUEPAGE

• Under Forms for old style hand performed• Under Human Resources Link for the WSC Calculator

THE POSTMASTER SHOULD REVIEW ALL THE CRITERIA BEFORE COMPLETING THE FORM PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE EXCEPTION CREDITS AND DEDUCTIONS

NOW YOU’RE READY TO PUT YOUR FACTS TO THE FORM!

Get your totals for your Carriers, PO Box Sections (including branches and stations), General Delivery from the IMAQ web page at http://imaq/, click on IMAQ Tools>Delivery Statistics, and drill down to your delivery unit(s).

Get your Revenue Units Revenue Units from http://mnpb1:10065/GrossRev/GrossRevQuery which is usually updated in February following the close of the current FY.That makes February or March the best time to initiate a PS 150

LETS GO TO THE FORM!

The PS 150 Form How to find it on the Blue Page

WORKLOAD SERVICE CREDITS DISTRICT: LONG ISLAND Type of Review:POST OFFICE , STATE, AND ZIP: MATTITUCK X Vacancy

3 yr Mgmt Review Postmaster Initiated

Date of Postmaster Vacancy: (Or Today's Date if not vacant) 4/15/2006

Press CONTROL AND B TO BEGIN ENTRY NUMBER FACTOR TOTAL

1 CURRENT POSTMASTER LEVEL 18 2 FINANCE NUMBER 355150 TOTAL REVENUE UNITS: 166133 NO. GENERAL DELIVERY FAMILIES SERVED 5 X 1.00 5 No. Factor Total4 NO. POST OFFICE BOXES/CALL BOXES SERVED 1398 X 1.00 1398 25 x 1 25.005 NO. POSSIBLE CITY DELIVERIES 0 X 1.33 0 275 x 0.5 137.506 NO. ADMINISTRATIVE RURAL ROUTES BOXES SERVED 1532 X 1.00 1532 700 x 0.25 175.007 NO. INTERMEDIATE RURAL BOXES SERVED 0 X 0.70 0 5000 x 0.1 500.008 NO. ADMIN RESP INTERM RURAL BOXES OTHER OFC 0 X 0.30 0 10613 x 0.01 106.139 NO. ADMINISTRATIVE HCR BOXES SERVED 0 X 1.00 0 TOTAL: 943.63

10 NO. INTERMEDIATE HCR BOXES SERVED 0 X 0.70 011 NO. ADMIN RESP FOR INTERM HCR BOXES FOR OTHER OFFICES 0 X 0.30 0 TOTAL WSC'S AND REVENUE CREDITS: 3878.6312 NO. CARRIER STATION/BRANCHES 0 X 3 013 NO. FINANCE STATION/BRANCHES 0 X 2 0 NEW POST OFFICE LEVEL:

14 NO. CONTRACT STATIONS/BRANCHES & COMMUNITY POST OFFICES 0 X 1 0 15 MAIL PROCESSING CENTER? (YES OR NO) N

16 SEPARATE INCOMING LETTER SIZE MAIL? (YES OR NO) Y UPGRADE THE OFFICE IF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:

17 SEPARATE ALL INCOMING FLAT SIZE FLAT SIZE MAIL? (YES OR NO) Y GRADE & THE WSCS ARE & TOTAL EXCEPTION

18 RESPONSIBLE FOR VMF? (YES OR NO) N 0 NOW GREATER THAN CREDITS ARE

19 ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AMF/ATC? (YES OR NO) N 0 A 37 1 or more

20 LESSOR FOR GOVERNMENT OWNED BUILDING? (YES OR NO) N 0 C 77 1 or more

21 AUTOMATION /OFFICE HAS MPLSM/SPLSM? (YES OR NO) N 0 E 118 1 or more

22 DISTRIBUTE FOOD STAMPS? (YES OR NO) N 0 11 319 3 or more

23 EXPERIENCE SEASONAL WORKLOAD INCREASE? (YES OR NO)N 13 784 3 or more

24 SEASONAL WORKLOAD DURATION (NO. OF WEEKS) 0 15 1992 5 or more

18 5300 5 or moreTOTAL EXCEPTION CREDITS: 0 20 12,600 8 or more

21 25,300 8 or morePS FORM 150 PREPARED BY: Robert J. Bittner 22 66,900 13 or more

24 164,000 13 or morePRINT DATE: 19-Mar-07

ZONE OF TOLERANCE ZONE OF TOLERANCE

Offices that are either below or above the Zone of Tolerance range are immediately upgraded. GRADE: FOR DOWNGRADE WSC RANGE FOR UPGRADE

A none up to 40 41 - 45

C 36 - 40 41 - 82 83 - 93

Complete the worksheets for exception credits, add-on credits, or reduction credits if any of E 73 - 82 83 - 125 126 - 141

the following apply: 11 111 - 125 126 - 335 336 - 376

Seasonal workload increase, mail processing centers, plant loads, offices that do not 13 298 - 335 336 - 820 821 - 914

perform their own secondary distribution. 15 736 - 820 821 - 2075 2076 - 2291

18 1869 - 2075 2076 - 5500 5501 - 6049

20 4951 - 5500 5501 - 13,000 13,001 - 14,299

21 11,701 - 13,000 13,001 - 26,000 26,001 - 28,599

22 23,401 - 26,000 26,001 - 68,200 68,201 - 75,020

24 61,381 - 68,200 68,201 - 167,200 167,201 - 183,919

26 150,481 - 167,200 167,201 - and up none

Form 150 Worksheet - Press CONTROL AND B TO BEGIN ENTRY

To print click mouse on printer ICON

Total Revenue 16613

minus 25 16588 25minus 25 + 275 16313 275minus 25 + 275 + 700 15613 700minus 25+275+700+5000 10613 5000

10613

How To Compete The Form

Place Your District Name

Place Your Office Name

Enter the Type of Review

Enter the Date

Enter Current Office Level

Enter Your Finance Number

Enter Number of General Delivery that you have PS1527 documentation

Enter the Number of PO Boxes Rented this includes Free Boxes

Enter the Number of Possible City Delivery

Enter the Adm Rural Boxes Served Your ZIP Code Only

Enter Intermediate Rural Boxes Your ZIP Code Only. Office must do Unit Distribution to qualify for this credit.

Enter Intermediate Delivery that you are the Adm Postmaster of but are in another ZIP Code.

Enter the Adm HCR Boxes Your ZIP Code

Enter Intermediate HCR Boxes Your ZIP Code Only. Office must do Unit Distribution to qualify for this credit.

Enter Intermediate HCR Delivery that you are the Adm Postmaster of but are in another ZIP Code.

How To Complete The Form

• Enter Number of Carrier Stations/Branches

• Enter Number of Finance Stations/Branches

• Enter Number of Contract Stations/Branches & CPO’s

• Does the office Experience a Seasonal Workload? (Minimum 8 Weeks)

• Outgoing Distribution for Other Offices?

• Perform Incoming Primary Distribution for Other Offices?

• Perform Incoming Secondary Distribution for Other Offices?

• Do you separate All Incoming Letter Size Mail for Routes to your own office?

• Do you separate All incoming Flat Mail to Routes in your own office?

• Do you have VMF Responsibility?

• Admin Responsibility for Air Transfer Office?

• Is Postmaster Lessor for Govt Owned Bldg?

Application for General Delivery Service, PS Form 1527

Revenue Units

• What is a Revenue Unit? It’s the average revenue for 1,000 pieces of revenue-generating mail and special service transactions. The revenue unit helps determine the proper cost ascertainment grouping (known as CAG ) for Post Offices.

• When is a Revenue Unit Updated? The Revenue Unit is updated annually each year and is usually posted in the February or March Postal Bulletins.

• WSC’s for Revenue are derived by dividing your total revenue for the last fiscal year by the updated revenue unit. You then break down that number according to a formula. The resulting computation is used to determine the WSC on the PS150.

ZONE OF TOLERANCE

• What is the Zone of Tolerance? It is a range established above and below the established WSC range of a Post Office level. It performs as a buffer so that offices do not jump from one level to the next and back again. It also serves as a protection to Postmaster pay. ZOT is only considered during the term of current Postmasters. If an office becomes vacant it goes up or down based on the matrix immediately.

• You are the Current Postmaster and You are in the ZOT now what? This is a two year waiting period from the date of PS150 submission. Keeping records of the receipt of the PS150 is a necessary evil. Two more PS150’s will be completed the first a year from the date of the original and the second a year after that. You are responsible to submit the additional PS150’s!

• What Happens then? After the third PS150 is submitted and verified wherever the WSC’s falls on the Matrix determines the level of the Post Office.

Exception Credits and Deductions

• These are additional credits or deductions used to complete the PS150.

• They are found in the Instructions section on the HR Sponsored Web Page.

• Also they are tabbed on the bottom of the PS 150 from this Web Page.

EXCEPTION CREDITS

• APPLY TO OFFICES HAVING UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES

• CARRIER/FINANCE STATIONS• CONTRACT STATIONS• AIR TRANSFER OFFICES• AUTOMATION• FOOD STAMP DISTRIBUTION• LANDLORD DUTIES/LESSOR• PLANT LOAD; OTHER• SPLIT CITY DELIVERY

“ADD ON CREDITS”ALSO KNOWN AS ADDITIONAL WSC’S

EXAMPLES: OFFICES THAT PERFORM MAIL

PROCESSING OFFICES HAVING SIGNIFICANT

SEASONAL WORKLOAD

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE CRITERIA OR INSTRUCTIONS YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR HR FOR ASSISTANCE OR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF POSTMASTERS STATE BRANCH.