COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM

Item No.

FOR INFORMATION ONLY

Date of Meeting

DATE:

August 1, 2025

TO:

Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director

FROM:

Karen R. Goon, Deputy Executive Director

8b
August 12, 2025

SUBJECT: Monthly Notification of Prior Executive Director Delegation Actions July 2025
APPROVAL SUMMARY
Notification of the following Executive Director delegated approvals that occurred in July, 2025
Category of Approval

Request#

Description of Approvals July 2025

Projects & Associated
Contracts
Projects & Associated
Contracts
Projects & Associated
Contracts
Projects & Associated
Contracts
Projects & Associated
Contracts

2115-2025

Cargo Buildings Preliminary Design
and Project Notebook

$1,450,000.00

T91 Dock Rehab DORA Request

$1,700,000.00

C801320 Security Cameras

$460,000.00

2136-2025
2131-2025
2125-2025
2147-2025

Projects & Associated
Contracts

2151-2025

Projects & Associated
Contracts

2186-2025

Non-Project Procurement of
Goods & Purchased Service
Contracts, Other Contracts,
2176-2025
& Tenant Reimbursement
Real Property Agreement
Utilization of Port Crews
Sale of Surplus Port Property
Template revised January 10, 2019.

Airfield Environmental Mitigation
(PFAS)
Parking Garage Dry Standpipe
Mods
2-Way Elevator Lobby
Communication - 30% Design
Funds
Technical Consulting Expert
Resources for AV Maintenance
Capital Liaison Team
1-MOA with City of Tukwila for
Services Provided by SKC Trips
2025
No Approvals in July
No Approvals in July
No Approvals in July

Category
Amount

$1,500,000.00
$489,000.00
$950,000.00
$1,900,000.00

$25,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00

COMMISSION AGENDA - Agenda Item No. 8b
Meeting Date: August 12, 2025
Total Value of Executive
Director Approvals

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$8,474,000.00

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.

Template revised June 27, 2019 (Diversity in Contracting).