Template revised January 10, 2019.
COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Item No. 8b
FOR INFORMATION ONLY
Date of Meeting July 8, 2025
DATE: June 30, 2025
TO: Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director
FROM: Karen R. Goon, Deputy Executive Director
SUBJECT: Monthly Notification of Prior Executive Director Delegation Actions June 2025
APPROVAL SUMMARY
Notification of the following Executive Director delegated approvals that occurred in June 2025
Category of Approval Request# Description of Approvals June
2025
Category
Amount
Projects & Associated
Contracts
2067-2025
Pumphouse Valve and Vent
Replacement
$1,700,000.00
Projects & Associated
Contracts
2039-2025
Budget and Procurement
Authorization for Up to Three
Buses for Employee Parking
$1,650,000.00
Projects & Associated
Contracts
2108-2025 Shilshole Bay Marina Dock A Rehab
30% Design Funding
$500,000.00
Projects & Associated
Contracts
2079-2025
MIC Drainage Improvements
$1,325,000.00
Projects & Associated
Contracts
2017-2025 2025 Purchase of Telehandler for
Marine Maintenance Operations
$325,000.00
Non-Project Procurement of
Goods & Purchased Service
Contracts, Other Contracts,
& Tenant Reimbursement
2085-2025
POSPD Rifle Purchase
$350,000.00
Non-Project Procurement of
Goods & Purchased Service
Contracts, Other Contracts,
& Tenant Reimbursement
2104-2025
Revised Letter of Agreement with
SEA FAA Air Traffic Control Tower
SEA-003 v2025-06
$0.00
Real Property Agreement
No Approvals in June $0.00
Utilization of Port Crews
No Approvals in June
$0.00
Sale of Surplus Port Property
No Approvals in June
$0.00
Total Value of Executive
Director Approvals
$5,850,000.00
COMMISSION AGENDA – Agenda Item No. 8b Page 2 of 2
Meeting Date: July 8, 2025
Template revised June 27, 2019 (Diversity in Contracting).
TRANSPARENCY:
In approving the delegations for the Executive Director, the Commission requested that staff ensure
transparency is built into the process. As a result, staff will make approvals visible to the public in two ways.
First, these types of approvals will be made visible in public Commission meetings via monthly reporting like this
one. Approvals are both timed and designed to be visible in a similar manner to the monthly Claims and
Obligations reporting. Second, staff will publish these delegations in a PeopleSoft formatted report on the Port
website in the same manner that all procurements, contracts, and other opportunities are made available to
public communities.
BACKGROUND:
On January 24, 2023, the Commission approved and adopted Resolution No. 3810 that repealed related prior
resolutions and increased the previously delegated Commission authority to the Executive Director and
provided clarity in process directives to port staff. The approval made the Delegation of Responsibility and
Authority to the Executive Director (DORA) effective on April 3, 2023.
The foundation for Resolution No. 3810 included significant data analysis, employee surveys, and internal audit
recommendation. Resolution No. 3810 also aligns with the Port Century Agenda in that it helps make the Port
a more effective public agency. Considerations and checks and balances have been built into the associated
processes of Executive Director approvals including a high bar of transparency.
Following significant analysis and multiple Commission reviews, the Commission approved the DORA on
January 24, 2023. That reporting memo is available for review on the Port website under the January 24, 2023,
Commission public meeting, and it provides detailed reasoning and explanation of Resolution No. 3810.
