COMMISSION 
AGENDA MEMORANDUM                        Item No.          8e 
ACTION ITEM                            Date of Meeting     November 17, 2020 
DATE:     November 11, 2020 
TO:        Steve Metruck Executive Director 
FROM:    Pete Ramels, General Counsel 
Anne Purcell, Sr. Port Counsel 
SUBJECT:  Settlement Agreement. 
Amount of this request:                 $430,000 
ACTION REQUESTED 
Request Commission authorization for the Executive Director to execute a settlement agreement 
to resolve litigation. 
SUMMARY 
The Port denies plaintiff's allegations relating to terms of employment and records. However,
considering the costs of litigation that would be needed to take this matter to trial, the significant
disruption to the workplace that would result from the required testimony of Port personnel, and
the recent changes to the way that cases will be tried in King County that will likely result in
significantly longer proceedings, a settlement is recommended due to the likelihood that the
expenses involved in litigation would be unnecessarily high in relation to the settlement amount. 
This matter was discussed in executive session.
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