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COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Item No.
8f
ACTION ITEM
Date of Meeting
January 7, 2020
DATE: December 30, 2019
TO: Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director
FROM: Rudy Caluza, Director, Accounting & Financial Reporting
SUBJECT: Resolution No. 3769 – Delegation of authority to sell and convey Port personal
property for 2020 not exceeding a value of $19,000
ACTION REQUESTED
Request introduction of Resolution No. 3769: A resolution of the Port of Seattle Commission
authorizing the Executive Director to sell and convey Port personal property in 2020 in
accordance with RCW 53.08.090 with a value not greater than $19,000 and repealing
Resolution No. 3756, dealing with the same subject.
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 initial
$10,000 limit based on the governmental price index. Such adjustment results in a $19,000 limit
for 2020, the same level as 2019. It is now the appropriate time for the Commission to renew
the Executive Director’s authority for the year 2020.
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 $10,000-$30,000 in equipment, furnishings and
computer/mobility devices, and about $10,000-$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. As in recent previous years, Port staff has
proactively reached out to jurisdictions in 2019, including the school districts where the Port
transferred certain computer mobility devices. Seattle School District received 120 iPhones
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and 18 iPads. Highline School District received 120 iPhones and 18 iPads. The school districts
use the devices for the younger grades to educate and prepare them on the use of technology.
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST
(1) Draft Resolution No. 3769
(2) Presentation slides
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS
January 22, 2019 – The Commision adopted Resolution No. 3756, authorizing the Executive
Director to sell and convey Port personal property in accordance with RCW 53.08.090,
and repealing Resolution No. 3715 dealing with the same subject.
January 8, 2019 – The Commission approved introduction of Resolution No. 3756,
authorizing the Executive Director to sell and convey Port personal property in
accordance with RCW 53.08.090, and repealing Resolutions No. 3715, 3730, and 3743,
dealing with the same subject.
January 9, 2018 – The Commission introduced and adopted Resolution No. 3743,
authorizing the Executive Director to sell and convey Port personal property in
accordance with RCW 53.08.090.
