COMMISSION 
AGENDA MEMORANDUM                        Item No.          8f 
ACTION ITEM                            Date of Meeting      January 7, 2020 
DATE:     December 30, 2019 
TO:        Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director 
FROM:    Rudy Caluza, Director, Accounting & Financial Reporting 
SUBJECT:  Resolution No. 3769  Delegation of authority to sell and convey Port personal
property for 2020 not exceeding a value of $19,000 
ACTION REQUESTED 
Request introduction of Resolution No. 3769: A resolution of the Port of Seattle Commission 
authorizing the Executive Director to sell and convey Port personal property in 2020  in
accordance with RCW 53.08.090 with a value not greater than $19,000  and repealing
Resolution No. 3756, dealing with the same subject. 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 
The Port of Seattle regularly determines that personal property is no longer needed for port
district  purposes  and  prepares  accordingly  for  its  disposal.  Commission  authorization  is
required to grant the Executive Director authority to sell and convey port district personal
property of $19,000 or less in value in accordance with RCW 53.08.090. 
JUSTIFICATION 
Pursuant to RCW 53.08.090, the Commission may, by resolution renewed from year to year,
authorize the managing official of a port district to sell and convey port district personal
property of $10,000 or less in value. RCW 53.08.090(2) requires yearly adjustment of the initial
$10,000 limit based on the governmental price index. Such adjustment results in a $19,000 limit
for 2020, the same level as 2019. It is now the appropriate time for the Commission to renew
the Executive Director's authority for the year 2020. 
Surplus items that fall within the $19,000 fair market value limit have been well utilized over
the years with many having reached the end of their useful lives. The Port on average surpluses,
through either sale or disposal, about $10,000-$30,000 in equipment, furnishings and
computer/mobility devices, and about $10,000-$30,000 in rolling stock/vehicles, each year. 
Also, Chapter 39.33 RCW in part authorizes the Port to sell, transfer or exchange surplus
property to the state or other local jurisdictions. As in recent previous years, Port staff has
proactively reached out to jurisdictions in 2019, including the  school districts where the Port 
transferred certain computer mobility devices.  Seattle School District received 120  iPhones

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and 18 iPads. Highline School District received 120 iPhones and 18 iPads. The school districts 
use the devices for the younger grades to educate and prepare them on the use of technology.
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST 
(1)   Draft Resolution No. 3769 
(2)   Presentation slides 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS 
January 22, 2019  The Commision adopted Resolution No. 3756, authorizing the Executive
Director to sell and convey Port personal property in accordance with RCW 53.08.090,
and repealing Resolution No. 3715 dealing with the same subject. 
January 8, 2019   The Commission approved introduction of Resolution No. 3756,
authorizing the Executive Director  to sell and convey Port personal property in 
accordance with RCW 53.08.090, and repealing Resolutions No. 3715, 3730, and 3743,
dealing with the same subject. 
January 9, 2018   The Commission introduced and adopted Resolution No. 3743,
authorizing the Executive Director  to sell and convey Port personal property in 
accordance with RCW 53.08.090. 










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