Agenda Item No. __6a_reso_____ 
Meeting Date   _August 15, 2017__ 
RESOLUTION NO. 3733 
A RESOLUTION of the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle amending
Resolution No. 3611, as amended by Resolutions No.
3672, 3673, 3689, and 3690, the Seattle Port
Commission Bylaws, regarding titles and duties of
officers and schedule of regular meetings. 
WHEREAS, the voters of King County authorized and approved the formation of a
Port District co-extensive with King County to be known as the Port of Seattle in a special
election on September 5, 1911; and 
WHEREAS, the Seattle Port Commission is the legally constituted governing body
of the Port of Seattle; and 
WHEREAS, the Seattle Port Commission Bylaws adopted on March 24, 2009, in
Resolution No. 3611, and subsequently amended constitute the rules governing the
organization and transaction of business of the Commission; and 
WHEREAS, the Commission desires to make certain changes to its Bylaws
regarding titles and duties of officers and the schedule of the Commission's regular
monthly meetings; and 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle
that the Port of Seattle Commission Bylaws are amended as follows: 
Section 1. Vice President. 
In Article III, insert the following new Section 8: The Vice President shall serve as chair of
the Commission's Audit Committee and automatically shall succeed the Commission
President in the following calendar year. 
And in Article IV, Section 2, after "assigned from time to time by the Commission." insert
the following: The Vice President shall serve as the chair of the Commission's Audit
Committee, and automatically shall succeed the President for the subsequent calendar
year. If upon completion of the Vice President's term, he or she will not serve as a Port
Commissioner in the following calendar year or is otherwise unable to fill the office of
President in the following calendar year, the Commission shall elect another Commissioner
to serve as President. A motion to elect a President under these circumstances shall be in
order as soon as reasonably possible after the Commission learns that the Vice President
will be unable to serve as President. 
Section 2. Schedule of Regular Meetings. 
In Article V, Section 1, delete "first, second, and fourth Tuesday" and insert in lieu thereof: 
second and fourth Tuesday 
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And in Article V, Section 4, delete "first and second Tuesday" and insert in lieu thereof: second
Tuesday 
Section 3. Effective Date 
The provisions of Section 2 shall be effective upon adoption of this resolution. The
provisions of Section 1 shall be effective upon adoption of this resolution and ratification
by the Commission of a slate of officers to which the requirements and definitions of these
amended Bylaws shall apply. 

ADOPTEDby the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle at a duly noticed public 
meeting thereof, held this  __ day of __________      , 2017, and duly authenticated
in open session by the signatures of the Commissioners voting in favor thereof and the
seal of the Commission. 





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