Item Number:      6b_motion 
Meeting Date:   May 28, 2019 

1                                                   MOTION 2019-08: 
2                                 A MOTION OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION 
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4                           re-appointing  Gerry  Alexander  as  a  member  of  the
5                           commission Board of Ethics for 2019-2022. 
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7                                                         PROPOSED 
8                                                       MAY 28, 2019 
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10                                              TEXT OF THE MOTION 
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12    The Port Commission, in accordance with Resolution No. 3681, the Port of Seattle Code of
13    Ethics for Port Commissioners, hereby re-appoints Mr. Gerry Alexander to serve a three-year
14    term as a member on the Commission Board of Ethics effective June 4, 2019, and ending
15    June 3, 2022.
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17                                     STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION 
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19    The Port of Seattle has established a strong and comprehensive ethics program for employees
20    and Port Commissioners to foster high ethical standards, strengthen public trust and confidence
21    in the Port of Seattle, and promote good governance. To further these goals, the Port of Seattle
22    Commission adopted Resolution No. 3681, a revised Code of Ethics for Port Commissioners, on
23    May 14, 2013. 
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25    The Code of Ethics for Port Commissioners provides for the appointment of an Ethics Board
26    composed of three members by majority vote of the Commission "to ensure proper and
27    consistent implementation"of the Code. The Board serves as the formal mechanism to consider
28    all complaints against Port Commissioners and acts as an advisory body to provide guidance on
29    ethical matters to the Port Commission or individual Commissioners upon request. 
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31    Mr. Alexander is a noted jurist, first elected to the Washington Supreme Court in 1994. He
32    served as Chief Justice from 2001 to 2010. He also has served as an alternate member of the
33    Judicial Conduct Commission, former chair of the Board for Judicial Administration, and as an
34    adjunct professor of law. Mr. Alexander is of Counsel at Bean, Gentry, Wheeler & Peternell in
35    Olympia, Washington, and has served as a member of the Port Commission's Board of Ethics
36    since June 4, 2013. 



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