RESOLUTION NO. 3782

A RESOLUTION of the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle

appointing Lisa Lam, Assistant Director, Accounting

& Financial Reporting, as Port Auditor pursuant to

RCW 53.36.010 and RCW 42.24.080 for the Port of

WHEREAS, RCW 42.24.080 requires that all claims presented against any political

subdivision by officers and employees of that subdivision or by persons furnishing materials,

rendering services or performing labor, or for any other contractual purpose, shall be audited,

before payment, by an auditing officer and the audit form shall provide for authentication and

certification by such auditing officer that the materials have been furnished, the services

rendered, the labor performed as described, or that any advance payment is due and payable

pursuant to a contract or is available as an option for full or partial fulfillment of a contractual

obligation, and that the claim is a just, due and unpaid obligation for the political subdivision;

and

certain kinds or amounts of claims shall not be paid before the Commission has reviewed the

supporting documentation and approved the issue of checks in payment of those claims.

The following conditions must be met before such payments are made pursuant to RCW

42.24.180: (1) The designated Port Auditor shall be required to furnish an official bond for the

faithful discharge of their duties in an amount determined by the legislative body but not less

than fifty thousand dollars (the Port has in effect such a bond for fifty thousand dollars); (2)

The Port shall adopt and have in place contracting, purchasing, disbursing, and hiring policies

that implement effective internal controls (the Port's CPO policy series fulfill the requirements

for contracting and purchasing, the Port's AC policy series fulfill the requirements for

(such action is being taken monthly in a Commission meeting); (4) The Port Commission shall

require that if, upon review, it disapproves some claims, the Port Auditor shall cause the

disapproved claims to be recognized as receivables of the Port and to pursue collection

diligently until the amounts disapproved are collected or until the Commission is satisfied and

approves the claims.

WHEREAS, no claim shall be paid without such authentication and certification as

described above; and

Section

1.

The Port of Seattle Commission designates Lisa Lam, Assistant Director,

Accounting & Financial Reporting Department for the Port of Seattle, to serve as the Port

Auditor for the Port of Seattle.

ADOPTED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle at a duly noticed meeting

thereof, held this 15

day of December 2020, and duly authenticated in open session by the

signatures of the Commissioners voting in favor thereof and the seal of the Commission.

Port Commissioners