COMMISSION 
AGENDA MEMORANDUM                       Item No.         6b 
ACTION ITEM                             Date of Meeting     June 9, 2020 
DATE:       June 1, 2020 
TO:          Steve Metruck, Executive Director 
FROM:      Duane Hill, AFR Senior Manager Disbursements 
SUBJECT:    Claims and Obligations – May 2020 
ACTION REQUESTED 
Request Port Commission approval of the Port Auditor’s payment of the salaries and claims of the Port pursuant
to RCW 42.24.180 for payments issued during the period May 1 through May 31, 2020 as follows: 

Payment Reference  Payment Reference
Payment Type                                                           Amount
Start Number       End Number
Accounts Payable Checks                 935481              935742        $      4,309,696.07
Accounts Payable ACH                  026539              027146        $     51,521,069.06
Accounts Payable Wire Transfers          015376               015387        $      6,270,105.28
Payroll Checks                            196372               196557        $       138,122.74
Payroll ACH                           966613              973078        $    17,227,664.50 
Total Payments                                                         $   79,466,657.65 
Pursuant to RCW 42.24.180, “the Port’s legislative body” (the Commission) is required to approve in a public
meeting, all payments of claims within one month of issuance. 
OVERSIGHT 
All these payments have been previously authorized either through direct Commission action or delegation of
authority to the Executive Director and through his or her staff. Detailed information on Port expenditures is
provided to the Commission through comprehensive budget presentations as well as the publicly released
Budget Document, which provides an even greater level of detail. The Port’s operating and capital budget is
approved by resolution in November for the coming fiscal year, and the Commission also approves the Salary
and Benefit Resolution around the same time to authorize pay and benefit programs. Notwithstanding the 
Port’s budget approval, individual capital projects and contracts exceeding certain dollar thresholds are also
subsequently brought before the Commission for specific authorization prior to commencement of the project
or contract—if they are below the thresholds the Executive Director is delegated authority to approve them.
Expenditures are monitored against budgets monthly by management and reported comprehensively to the
Commission quarterly.

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Meeting Date: June 9, 2020 
Effective internal controls over all Port procurement, contracting and disbursements are also in place to
ensure proper central oversight, delegation of authority, separation of duties, payment approval and
documentation, and signed perjury statement certifications for all payments. Port disbursements are also
regularly monitored against spending authorizations. All payment transactions and internal controls are
subject to periodic Port internal audits and annual external audits conducted by both the State Auditor’s
Office and the Port’s independent auditors. 
For the month of May 2020, over $62,100,870.41 in payments were made to nearly 541 vendors, comprised of
1,401 invoices and over 6,121 accounting expense transactions. About 91 percent of the accounts payable
payments made in the month fall into the Construction, Employee Benefits, Contracted Services, Payroll Taxes, 
Utility Expenses, Public Expenses and Environmental Remediation expense categories. Net payroll expense for
the month of May was $17,365,787.24. The following chart summarizes the top expense categories by total
spend. 
Top 15 Payment Category Summary:
Category                               Payment Amount
Construction                                   37,959,892.84
Employee Benefits                                5,865,996.67
Contracted Services                                4,608,795.60
Payroll Taxes                                     4,320,771.86
Utility Expenses                                     1,725,084.93
Public Expense                                   1,473,508.08
Environmental Remediation                           971,840.90
Maintenance Inventory                              844,836.50
Janitorial Services                                      701,361.88
Software                                     558,840.06
Sales Taxes                                       506,865.87
Legal                                            490,427.23
Room/Space/Land Rental                           442,159.02
NWSA Construction Payments                         370,167.52
Computers & Telephone                            294,030.79
Other Categories Total :                                966,290.66
Net Payroll                                                   17,365,787.24
Total Payments :                               $79,466,657.65






COMMISSION AGENDA – Action Item No. 6b                                  Page 3 of 3 
Meeting Date: June 9, 2020 



Appropriate and effective internal controls are in place to ensure that the above obligations were processed in
accordance with Port of Seattle procurement/payment policies and delegation of authority. 



At a meeting of the Port Commission held on June 9, 2020 it is hereby moved that, pursuant to RCW
42.24.180, the Port Commission approves the Port Auditor’s payment of the above salaries and claims of the
Port: 
Stephanie L. Bowman (Aug 21, 2020 13:50 PDT)
Ryan Calkins
Ryan Calkins (Jul 20, 2020 08:39 PDT)

Fred Felleman
Fred Felleman (Jul 19, 2020 09:09 PDT)
Peter Steinbrueck
Peter Steinbrueck (Jul 18, 2020 10:45 PDT)
Port Commission

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By:                 Lauren Smith (smith.l@portseattle.org)
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