A. The city shall obtain from the Nevada real estate division a list of all qualified appraisers in White Pine County. The city shall send a request for qualification to each appraiser on that list to determine which appraisers are interested in performing appraisals for sale or lease of city property. The request for qualifications shall ask the appraiser to designate whether he or she is willing and qualified to provide an appraisal for the subject property(ies). The request shall also ask whether the appraiser will and is qualified to appraise city owned property to be leased. An appraiser who fails to respond to the request for qualifications for the property(ies) within the time specified in the request is not eligible to perform appraisals for the city until requests for qualifications are next released.
B. From the responses to the request for qualifications the city shall prepare a list of appraisers qualified to conduct appraisals of real property offered for sale or lease by the council. The following standards shall be used to determine minimum qualifications:
1. The appraiser must possess a current and valid business license in the city;
2. The appraiser must possess a general license issued by the State of Nevada, Nevada Real Estate Division;
3. The appraiser must not have violated professional appraiser standards or statutory requirements in the performance of appraisals or cannot have been disciplined or fined by any state or federal agency for conduct that relates to the ability of the appraiser to perform the work to be required by the city;
4. The appraiser must have the ability to obtain and maintain insurance coverage as required by the city;
5. The appraiser must have the professional qualifications and experience for the specific appraisal required by the city;
6. During the five (5) years immediately preceding the date of the appointment by the city the appraiser must not have breached any contracts with a public agency or person in this state or any other state or, as a result of causes within the control of the appraiser, failed to perform any contract:
a. In the manner specified by the contract, as amended, and property approved by the city;
b. Within the time specified in the contract unless extended and properly approved by the city;
c. For the amount of money specified in the contract, as amended, and property approved by the city;
7. The appraiser must not have filed as a debtor in a business capacity under the provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code during the five (5) years immediately preceding the date of the application and/or while appraiser is placed upon any appraiser list.
8. The appraiser must not have been disciplined or fined by any state or federal agency for conduct that relates to the ability of the appraiser to perform the work to be required by the city;
9. The appraiser must have the ability to maintain accurate records for a period of seven years after completion of the appraisal services rendered to the city;
10. The appraiser's application must be truthful and complete; and
11. The appraiser must execute the application form and consent to and have the ability to satisfy all terms and conditions contained in any proposed contract for appraisal services presented by the city.
C. Appraisers on the list shall keep the city informed of any change in the status of standards listed in subsections B1 through B10 of this section. The change in the appraiser's status or failure to maintain the minimum qualifications is cause for immediate removal from the list by the city. The city shall provide written notice to any appraiser of his or her removal.
D. The names on the list shall be labeled to indicate the appraiser's willingness and qualification to perform the appraisal(s) on the subject property(ies). The names on the list must be organized in a random order in a fashion determined by the city.
E. The names of appraisers who are organized in a firm of appraisers may be placed on the list independently if each is independently qualified. No two (2) appraisers from the same firm can be selected to appraise the same real property. An appraiser who cannot be selected because of an appraisal firm relationship retains his or her place on the list for the next appraisal required by the city.
F. From time to time the city shall obtain a new list from the state real estate division and follow the procedures in subsections B and C of this section to assemble a new list. An appraiser whose name is stricken from the list as required in subsection 8-6-4
(B) of this chapter may be added to the new list if properly qualified and responsive.
G. The ability for an appraiser to be qualified and remain on the list(s) is a privilege and not a right. All appraisers applying for placement on a list must acknowledge and agree that any change in the appraiser's status or ability to maintain the minimum qualification requirements set forth herein shall be cause for removal from the list. (Ord. 747, 5-11-2023)