COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM

Item No.

FOR INFORMATION ONLY

Date of Meeting

DATE:

January 30, 2026

TO:

Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director

FROM:

Karen R. Goon, Deputy Executive Director

8b
February 10, 2026

SUBJECT: Monthly Notification of Prior Executive Director Delegation Actions January 2026

APPROVAL SUMMARY
Notification of the following Executive Director delegated approvals that occurred in January 2026.
Category of Approval

Request#

Projects & Associated
Contracts

2497-2026

FT Chinooks Plumbing Access &
Repair - Budget Amendment

$1,500,000.00

2489-2025

Rhythms OKR Goal Tracking
Software

$700,000.00

2469-2025

South King County Community
Capacity Building Contract

$50,000.00

2431-2025

Memorandum of Agreement with
King County for USGS Groundwater
Study

$600,000.00

2502-2026

NREL Alternative Fuel Policy
Technical Analysis - Scope
Amendment

$20,000.00

Non-Project Procurement of
Goods & Purchased Service
Contracts, Other Contracts,
& Tenant Reimbursement
Non-Project Procurement of
Goods & Purchased Service
Contracts, Other Contracts,
& Tenant Reimbursement
Non-Project Procurement of
Goods & Purchased Service
Contracts, Other Contracts,
& Tenant Reimbursement
Non-Project Procurement of
Goods & Purchased Service
Contracts, Other Contracts,
& Tenant Reimbursement
Template revised January 10, 2019.

Description of Approvals January
2026

Category
Amount

COMMISSION AGENDA - Agenda Item No. 8b
Meeting Date: February 10, 2026
Real Property Agreements
Utilization of Port Crews
Sale of Surplus Port Property
Total Value of Executive
Director Approvals

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No Approvals in January
No Approvals in January
No Approvals in January

$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$2,870,000.00

TRANSPARENCY:
In approving the delegations for the Executive Director, the Commission requested that staff ensure
transparency as it is paramount moving forward. 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 similar to this one. This approval is both timed and designed to be visible in a similar manner to the
monthly Claims and Obligations reporting. Second, staff will publish these delegations to the web by publishing
them 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, and the approvals made by the Executive
Director for the month of April are identified in the table above.
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. Many 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).