SEATTLE — Documents released by the Port of Seattle show that CEO Ted Fick, who resigned Wednesday, secretly gave himself a $24,500 raise, inappropriately accepted gifts for travel and sporting events, and potentially directed port business to his father’s company.
The Port of Seattle released the information found in Fick’s most recent performance review Friday afternoon. Fick had been port CEO for less than three years.
Documents say Fick gave himself the raise, on top of his $350,000 salary, as part of a one-time payment of about $4.7 million to port workers after commission approval. That action is now under scrutiny after an audit determined the port had illegally given that payment.
Commission President Tom Albro told The Associated Press Friday the commission approved the payment as part of a plan to retain employees and believed it to be legal.
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