Published 1:30 am Tuesday, September 1, 2026
The Port of Grays Harbor Commission: President Stan Pinnick, Vice President Tom Quigg, and Secretary Phil Papac.
The Port of Grays Harbor has received a clean audit opinion for calendar year 2025 from the Washington State Auditor’s Office [SAO], according to a press release issued by the Port.
The Port’s audit team has shared that the SAO has issued its reports on the financial statements and federal awards of the Port of Grays Harbor for 2025, citing no instances of noncompliance, deficiencies or findings resulting in another clean audit for the Port. The SAO will conduct the 2025 accountability audit of the Port of Grays Harbor later this fall.
The financial statement audit reviewed the Port’s internal controls over financial reporting and compliance, while the federal program awards audit examined the Port’s management of major federal grant awards totaling more than $21 million from the Federal Aviation Administration for taxilane improvements at Bowerman Airport, the U.S. Department of Transportation for repaving of Port Industrial Way, and the Maritime Administration for the Terminal 4 Expansion and Redevelopment Project, the largest infrastructure project in Port history. The audit concluded that the Port materially complied with applicable state and federal laws, regulations and its own policies thereby providing adequate controls over the safeguarding of public resources.
“We are extremely proud of our dedicated team and their commitment to fiscal responsibility and protecting public assets,” said Port of Grays Harbor Commission President Stan Pinnick. “The accounting department not only converted to a cash basis in 2025, but also managed three complex federal grants in collaboration with the planning and engineering department, without issue. We congratulate all departments that made this a seamless process.”
Audit reports for the Port of Grays Harbor and other public entities are available at the SAO’s website www.sao.wa.gov.
