Party Development Authority
By Rick Anderson, Tuesday, Oct. 3 2006 @ 7:31AM
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City of Seattle
The Pike Place Market is a more fruitful place to be than we thought, says the state auditor. According to two new reports, the Market's governing arm, the Preservation and Development Authority (PDA), generally followed spending laws but was a bit too bountiful with employee parties, perks and refreshments last year. For example, says State Auditor Brian Sonntag, the PDA improperly spent $3,800 on a barbeque and holiday party for employees and families, spent $2,992 in reimbursement to employees who held their own parties which included booze and a bartender, and laid out $1,749 in five instances of staff meetings where food exceeded the "light refreshment" threshold (you know, typically cookies and coffee, a stripper maybe). Additionally, six Market employees whose names were drawn from a hat won airline tickets valued at $1,200, while another $3,486 in gift certificates was given to vendors and employees. Sonntag says the payments were casually doled out rather than disbursed under pre-existing policies that define perks and how to earn them. He did not say whether this included any bonuses to PDA employees who evict marginally profitable businesses (see: Rainier Hardware).
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