PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.       7d 
STAFF BRIEFING             Date of Meeting   October 9, 2012 

DATE:    September 19, 2012 
TO:     Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Dan Thomas, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer 
Michael Tong, Corporate Budget Manager 
SUBJECT:  2013 Preliminary Operating Budget Briefing 

SYNOPSIS: 
The purpose of this briefing is to discuss the preliminary operating budget in advance of
the formal budget reading in November. 
BACKGROUND: 
The Port is preparing the 2013 budget. The budget process includes setting up and testing
new budget modules in the budget system, budget user training, department and division
strategic and business planning, publishing budget guidelines, establishing budget targets,
entering budget data into the system, running budget allocations and budget reports,
conducting department and division reviews, Executive reviews, and Commission reviews,
receiving public comments, filing the statutory budget with the King County Council and
Assessor's Office, and the preparation and release of the final budget document.
On October 9, 2012, staff will brief the Commission on the Aviation, Seaport, Real
Estate, and Corporate and Capital Development Division Operating Budgets. The
presentation outline is as follows: 
1. Port-wide Total Operating Budget 
2. Aviation Division Operating Budget 
3. Seaport Division Operating Budget 
4. Real Estate Division Operating Budget 
5. Capital Development Division Operating Budget 
6. Corporate Operating Budget 
OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BRIEFING: 
PowerPoint presentation.

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
September 19, 2012 
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PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS: 
July 10, 2012  2013 budget process briefing. 
August 14, 2012  2013 Budget Assumptions Briefing 
August 14, 2012  Century Agenda Milestones and 2013 Business and Capital
Plans Briefing 
September 2, 2012  2013 Capital Budget Briefing