The Volusia County Administration building in Daytona beach is closed indefinitely after being damaged during Hurricane Irma.
- Volusia County Administration Center closed indefinitely
- The building flooding during Hurricane Irma
- Temporary locations set up for services
"We came down here to get a sticker and we noticed everything was closed up," said Toni Mireles.
Mireles like several hundred others use the Volusia County Administration Center, but now it’s shutdown.
"The place is always busy, always," said Mireles.
The Daytona Beach building was built back in the 1950s and it’s provided several vital services from tags to taxes for the community. But the storm flooded the building with 6 to 8 inches of water.
"We had to move everybody," said George Baker, director of Central Services.
Now the building is completely empty besides construction workers.
"Fifty-five thousand square feet of people is moved throughout the county into other locations to try not interrupt servicing," said Baker.
Crews are now in the remediation process and they've already torn out the drywall and flooring. Several pieces of furniture with red tags will also be thrown out.
Nearly two dozen pods of the things they were able to save, sit outside.
In a week or so people can expect to see big signs posted near the front door and around the building warning people the building is closed as soon as they get here
The county said it’s still in the early stages so no cost or timeline has been determined yet but the work will take months. Mireles said it's hard but she'll be patient.
"That's a very long time for people to have to get licenses, traffic court appraisals," she said. "Everything is done here so it's going to be hard on people."
The county said the next steps are to finish remediation, sanitize the building, work with contractors on estimates to fix the building then go before council to decide how to move forward.
For a temporary locations, visit volusia.org.