PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.      7b 
STAFF BRIEFING 
Date of Meeting    September 13, 2016 
DATE:    September 6, 2016 
TO:     Ted Fick, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Dave Caplan, Sr. Director, Strategic Initiatives 
SUBJECT:  Incentive Pay Program Status Update 
SYNOPSIS 
This briefing will provide a status update on the elements of the Incentive Pay Plan (IPP),
adopted by the Port of Seattle Commissioners on May 24, 2016. 
BACKGROUND 
As part of the 2016 Salary and Benefit Resolution, the Commissioners adopted the IPP as
part of the Pay for Performance Program, on May 24, 2016. 
The IPP was adopted to: 
provide incentives for Port employees to deliver exceptional performance toward
the publicly oriented and Commission established Century Agenda goals of job
creation, economic development, and environment and sustainability
improvements; and 
support the Port's efforts to attract and retain the most capable employees. 
Key objectives of the IPP include: 
results oriented, strategically important, values driven, and Century Agenda
focused goals that must be met before any incentive pay is paid out; 
non-financial goals will focus on increasing small business contracting, and
certified minority and women's business enterprise participation; improving
customer satisfaction; and measuring and reducing our environmental footprint; 
and 
the IPP be self-funding and will not add to fixed salary costs. 
The briefing will provide a status update on all of the value driven goals as well as a
current year-end projection of the financial portion of the IPP. 


Template revised May 30, 2013.

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Ted Fick, Chief Executive Officer 
September 6, 2016 
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ATTACHMENTS TO THIS BRIEFING 
PowerPoint Presentation 
Resolution No. 3720 

PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS 
May 24, 2016  Commission adopted Incentive Pay Plan (IPP)