Until those things are looked at, I'm going to pass on this."Ĭouncilwoman Billie Wheeler, who represents Daytona Beach, said it makes more fiscal sense to rebuild and most of her peers agreed. "I understand that we have to look at that area being built out, but right now I'm looking at other things in other departments that need to be addressed. "I'm just very wary right now," Post said. And the county would have had to find a permanent home for the roughly 125 county and state employees who were displaced.Ĭouncilwoman Heather Post cast the lone dissenting vote, saying there are bigger priorities, like a new medical examiner's facility.
The county would not have been eligible for insurance money. That option came with challenges, county officials noted. In addition to Volusia’s plans for a courthouse complex, Brown & Brown hopes to move into its new 10-story headquarters on Beach Street by 2019.Ĭouncil members chose to rebuild and rather than use the FEMA reimbursement on other budgeted capital projects. The county is still waiting for roughly $29 million.ĭeeming the 60-year-old Beach Street building a total loss, the council voted 6-1 to use $7 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency reimbursements and more than $6 million from its insurance carrier Brown & Brown to rebuild. It's unclear when the construction is expected to begin or how long it could take, but it relies on FEMA reimbursement. "Now you have the potential of a brand new building in a useful location that could definitely be tied into anything you are doing over at the courthouse,” he said. The administration building could eventually be connected to the nearby S. "You have to build the building on the parcel it sits on today, but we probably have the option to move that building around on the parcel that best fits whatever our future needs might be," Recktenwald said. The possibility of consolidating these county services when, and if, a new courthouse rises is still on the table, said George Recktenwald, interim county manager. In the summer of 2017, former county manager Jim Dinneen unveiled a mega plan for a multi-million dollar courthouse complex on the same site that hinged on the demolition of the administration building.
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where residents used to pay taxes, obtain new license tags and consult with property appraiser staff - could set the stage for a bigger project to come. The rebuilt Daytona Beach Administration Building at 250 N.
A Volusia County building closed since Hurricane Irma will be torn down and rebuilt using about $13 million that’s anticipated from FEMA and an insurance settlement, the County Council decided Tuesday.