Port Delegation of Spending Authority Resolution 3810 – Signed

Resolution No. 3810(AM), Delegation of Responsibility and Authority Policy Directive Page 1 of 22 PORT OF SEATTLE RESOLUTION NO. 3810(AM) A RESOLUTION of the Port of Seattle Commission repealing Resolution Nos. 3605, 3628, 3704, and all preceding resolutions pertaining to the Commission’s ‘Delegation of Responsibility and Authority to the Executive Director’ policy directive and adopting the new delegation policy directive as set forth in Exhibit A of this resolution. WHEREAS, the voters of King County authorized and approved the formation of a port district coterminous with King County to be known as the Port of Seattle in a special election on September 5, 1911; and WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle Commission is the legally constituted governing body of the Port of Seattle; and WHEREAS, the Port Commission, through Resolution Nos. 3605, 3628, 3704 and preceding resolutions, adopted the policy directive ‘Delegation of Responsibility and Authority,’ designating specific areas of their authority to the Executive Director of the Port of Seattle; and WHEREAS, the purchasing authority delegated to the Executive Director, with some specific exceptions in the policy directive, has been set at $300,000 since 2009, where at that time, it was increased nominally from its previous long-standing $200,000 delegated limit; and WHEREAS, the Internal Audit Department conducted an operational audit of the delegation policy directive for the period of January 2019 to July 2020, to evaluate internal controls to assure monetary and contractual delegation compliance with rules, policies, and dollar limitations governing redelegations by the Executive Director to staff, and…
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