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COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Item No.
8e
ACTION ITEM
Date of Meeting
January 9, 2018
DATE: December 13, 2017
TO: Dave Soike, Interim Executive Director
FROM: Rudy Caluza, Director, Accounting & Financial Reporting
SUBJECT: Resolution No. 3743 – Delegation of authority to sell and convey Port personal
property for 2018 not exceeding a value of $19,000
ACTION REQUESTED
Request introduction of Resolution No. 3743: A Resolution of the Port Commission of the Port
of Seattle, authorizing the Executive Director to sell and convey Port personal property in 2018
in accordance with RCW 53.08.090 with a value not greater than $19,000.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Port of Seattle regularly determines that personal property is no longer needed for port
district purposes and prepares accordingly for its disposal. Commission authorization is
required to grant the Executive Director authority to sell and convey port district personal
property of $19,000 or less in value in accordance with RCW 53.08.090.
JUSTIFICATION
Pursuant to RCW 53.08.090, the Commission may, by resolution renewed from year to year,
authorize the managing official of a port district to sell and convey port district personal
property of $10,000 or less in value. RCW 53.08.090(2) requires yearly adjustment of the
$10,000 limit based on the governmental price index. Such adjustment results in a $19,000 limit
for 2018, the same level as 2017. It is now the appropriate time for the Commission to renew
the Executive Director’s authority for the year 2018.
Surplus items that fall within the $19,000 fair market value limit have been well utilized over
the years with many having reached the end of their useful lives. The Port on average surpluses,
through either sale or disposal, about $15,000-$30,000 in equipment, furnishings and
computer/mobility devices, and about $30,000 in rolling stock/vehicles, each year. Also,
Chapter 39.33 RCW in part authorizes the Port to sell, transfer or exchange surplus property to
the state or other local jurisdictions. Port staff has proactively reached out to jurisdictions in
2017, including the Seattle School District, Highline School District and Seattle Housing
Authority, and has transferred certain surplus Port property, primarily computer mobility
devices. Seattle School District received 19 iPhones and 26 iPads. Highline School District
received 232 iPhones and 25 iPads. The differences in number of iPhones for the two school
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districts is due to the fact that Highline was willing to take older iPhones (5 and 6) than Seattle
(6 only). Each school district said they were going to use the devices for the younger grades.
Seattle Housing Authority received 13 iPads for use by their residents. They were not
interested in iPhones. Another distribution is likely in Spring 2018.
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST
(1) Draft Resolution No. 3743
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS
March 10, 2017 – The Commission adopted Resolution No. 3730, authorizing the Chief
Executive Officer to sell and convey Port personal property in accordance with RCW
53.08.090.
January 17, 2017 – The Commission approved for First Reading, Resolution No. 3730: A
Resolution of the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle, authorizing the Chief Executive
Officer to sell and convey Port personal property in 2017 in accordance with RCW
53.08.090 with a value not greater than $19,000. The Commission requested staff to
provide at second reading: (1) an overview of the types and dollar value of items
determined surplus and disposed of; and (2) an update on the ability of the Port to
transfer surplus property to school districts and progress made.
February 23, 2016 – The Commission adopted Resolution No. 3715, authorizing the Chief
Executive Officer to sell and convey Port personal property in accordance with RCW
53.08.090.
