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Board approves pre‑qualification of six appraisal vendors to support tax‑court appeals
Summary
The board authorized a process to qualify six appraisal vendors to provide verbal appraisals, trial preparation and testimony for tax‑court cases; commissioners asked staff to reach out to local appraisers to encourage participation.
St. Louis County approved a resolution to establish a pre‑qualified list of appraisal vendors to assist with tax‑court appeal work and to streamline assignments of expert appraisers. County staff said the solicitation produced six qualified vendors (five with Minnesota locations and one with primary location in Michigan but experience in Minnesota) and that the arrangement uses a three‑tier structure: lower‑cost verbal appraisals, expanded trial preparation, and trial testimony.
Staff said the county averages roughly 70 tax‑court appeals annually and that the new process will allow quicker matching of expertise to cases without running a full procurement for each assignment. Commissioner Nelson asked staff to proactively reach out to local appraisal services to determine interest in qualifying; administration said the RFQ was advertised broadly on DemandStar and that there is an established mechanism to add qualified vendors in the future.
The board approved the qualification approach by voice vote and staff said they will proceed with contracting and outreach as indicated.
