COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM Item No. 10a
ACTION ITEM Date of Meeting December 9, 2025
DATE: December 2, 2025
TO: Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director
FROM: Lisa Lam, Director, Accounting & Financial Reporting
SUBJECT: Resolution No. 3842 – Delegation of Authority to Sell and Convey Port Personal
Property for 2026 Not Exceeding a Value of $23,340
ACTION REQUESTED
Introduction and request adoption of Resolution No. 3842: A resolution of the Port of Seattle
Commission authorizing the Executive Director to sell and convey Port personal property in 2026
in accordance with RCW 53.08.090 with a value not greater than $23,340 and repealing
Resolution No. 3832, 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
$23,340 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 $23,340 or less in value. RCW 53.08.090(2) established a base value limit for calendar year
2024. Beginning December 2024, the Washington State Department of Revenue adjusted the
initial value yearly based on any increases of the consumer price index available on December 1
of the current year from the prior year. It is now timely for the Commission to consider renewal
of the Executive Director’s authority for the year 2026.
Surplus items that fall within the $23,340 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 $55,000 per year in in equipment, furnishings and
computer/mobility devices with the average FMV being $11,000 per asset, and about $1,400,000
per year in rolling stock/vehicles with the average FMV being approximately $6,000 per vehicle.
Also, Chapter 39.33 RCW in part authorizes the Port to sell, transfer or exchange surplus property
to the state or other local jurisdictions.
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Meeting Date: December 9, 2025
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Template revised September 22, 2016; format updates October 19, 2016.
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST
(1) Draft Resolution No. 3842
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS
January 14, 2025 – Resolution No. 3832, authorizing the Executive Director to sell and convey
Port personal property in accordance with RCW 53.08.090 with a value not greater than
$22,830, and repealing Resolution No. 3816 dealing with the same subject.
November 21, 2023 – Resolution No. 3816, authorizing the Executive Director to sell and
convey Port personal property in accordance with RCW 53.08.090 with a value not greater
than $22,000, and repealing Resolution No. 3808 dealing with the same subject.
