Item Number: 10b_reso
Meeting Date: January 9, 2024

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PORT OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION NO. 3818
A RESOLUTION of the Port of Seattle Commission adopting the charter of the
Governance Committee.
WHEREAS, all authority of the Port of Seattle is vested with the Commission in its actions
as a public body under Title 53 RCW, and the Commission vests authority with the Executive
Director and delineates Commission and Executive Director responsibilities through the
Delegation of Responsibility and Authority; and
WHEREAS, committees function as policy development bodies or intensive review
boards; and
WHEREAS, the charter is the foundational statement of the committee’s purpose,
establishes the name and scope of the committee, meeting requirements, composition of the
committee, and expected outcomes of the committee; and
WHEREAS, the commission exercises control over the work of its committees by
establishing their scope, or purview, in the committee charter and by taking advantage of the
motion to refer to, or discharge from committee, any matter under its consideration, as
described in the commission bylaws, enabling standing committees to adopt their own annual
workplans, which represents the concrete implementation of the committee’s chartered scope
in a given year; and
WHEREAS, the Open Public Meetings Act (Chapter 42.30 RCW) and related law and
committee charters make it clear when commission committees are strictly advisory in nature,
and the rules requiring open public meetings are well established in law; and
WHEREAS, public reporting and accessible records elevate the profile of commissioners’
work in committee and make committee contributions more tangible and transparent to the
public.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Port of Seattle Commission:
Section 1.
The charter of the Governance Committee of the Port of Seattle
Commission, attached as Exhibit A, is hereby adopted.

Resolution No. 3818, Standing Committee Charter: Governance Committee

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ADOPTED by the Port of Seattle Commission at a duly noticed public meeting thereof,
held this
______ day of
_______________________________, 2024, and duly
authenticated in open session by the signatures of the commissioners voting in favor thereof and
the seal of the commission.

Port of Seattle Commission

Resolution No. 3818, Standing Committee Charter: Governance Committee

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