Update: A town hall to address ongoing mail issues in Ypsilanti has changed venues due to space constraints.

YPSILANTI, MI - U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell is hosting a town hall event in Ypsilanti next week aimed at opening a dialogue about ongoing mail issues city residents are facing.

The Mail Service Town Hall is from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Ypsilanti Senior & Community Center, 1015 N. Congress St. It is free and open to the public but online registration is encouraged.

Representatives of the U.S. Postal Service will be in attendance to provide updates on how employees are fixing problems reported such as late, incomplete or inaccurate delivery; unresponsive customer service and long lines and wait times at the office at 1606 Huron St.

Mail service has been a topic of discussion since late 2016, when the Postal Service said it was taking steps to address an increase in complaints by Ypsilanti residents about long delays and not receiving mail in a timely manner.

Despite the Postal Service referring to winter weather in creating "challenging conditions" for employees, the problems resurfaced again in 2017 and prompted a Jan. 11 letter from Dingell.

In the letter, Dingell said the issues need to be resolved.

"Mail delivery problems in Ypsilanti is an ongoing issue, which I have raised before, but we are receiving a significant number of complaints from city leaders and constituents because the problems with mail delivery have become so serious," Dingell wrote in the letter. "While it is understandable that the holiday season may cause some delays, these issues go well beyond that and have been going on for too long.

"Residents of Ypsilanti must be able to rely on timely, consistent mail service and this is clearly not the case at this time."

According to the Facebook event description, the town hall will consider the next steps in solving the issues.

"This town hall will allow the community to have a real dialogue about postal issues, hear from the post office on how they are fixing these problems, and solicit feedback on other issues being experienced," the event description said.

Several members of our communities have talked with me about mail delivery issues, and I have encountered similar... Posted by Rep. Debbie Dingell on Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Pete Murdock is an Ypsilanti City Council Member from Ward 3 and shared his own experience on the event page, calling the issue both "horrible and important."

One card he mailed in Ypsilanti to a location a block away arrived five days later, and Valentine's Day cards addressed to southeast Michigan locations like St. Clair Shores and Belleville was delivered later than a card mailed to Florida.

"What about our bills? I had to pay a late fee for a check that arrived in Lexington about 10 days," Murdock wrote.