FLUSHING — Village Council approved Village Administrator Bryan Clark’s request to change his status to part-time after he announced that he recently accepted employment in the private sector.

Council passed two motions following an executive session that was requested by Clark to discuss personnel. The first was that Clark would continue to work as administrator for the village from 7 a.m. until noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday and from 2-6 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.

The second motion was to switch part-time crew member William Ronquist to full-time status, noting this would entitle him to a full benefits package.

Both motions were approved 4-0 as Councilmen Preston Eberhart and Chad Sutton were absent from the meeting.

Also at the May 11 meeting, Councilman Thomas Spano delivered the findings of a recent Street and Alley Committee meeting, saying there are a number of alleys in the village that are in need of work.

Spano said the second alley that connects Wood and Pearl streets and another alley in that area are “really bad,” adding that officials want to get estimates to have them regraded and have some kind of surface put on them.

Financing the work was discussed, with Fiscal Officer Jeryl McGaffick noting that the village’s money for road work from license fees and the gasoline/fuel tax is available from Belmont County but cannot be used on alleys or dead-end streets.

Clark said he might be able to petition the county to allow the village to use the money at the bottom of Wood Street despite the restrictions, but another spot they were looking to work on would likely be designated as a private driveway since it is only used by one household.

After some further discussion it was decided to go ahead and get estimates for the alleys the committee had targeted while they explore possible options to pay for the work.

Spano also brought up the poor state of the sidewalk in front of Dollar General and the adjoining property where the Flushing school buildings once stood.

Mayor Tom Bober said that the portion in front of Dollar General is particularly bad and that a resident at the Wayne L. Hayes Apartments had been forced to travel on the road in their wheelchair in order to get to Dollar General.

Village Solicitor Chris Gagin advised them to draft a letter to Dollar General management seeking a remedy to the situation while Clark and Bober both said that village crews could fix the village’s portion of the sidewalk.

Former mayor and councilman John Jozwiak addressed council concerning a property on Marketan Street that is getting “junked up” and is unmowed. Bober responded that he would contact the property owner.

American Legion Post 366 Commander Pat Kovac showed council designs for the signs the post is having made to be put up at a number of entrances into the village commemorating the seven Litten brothers, Flushing natives who served a combined 137 years in the U.S. Air Force.

He also reminded council that a stone would be set and dedicated in the village’s Schuler Park honoring the Littens at 8 a.m. June 9.

Kovac also informed council that there had been some complaints and issues with the placement of the banners of resident veterans that recently were hung in the village recently and that the legion has access to the needed equipment and wishes to rectify those problems.

No objection was raised to Kovac’s proposal that the legion fix the placement of the banners.

McGaffick read a letter from a resident praising and thanking Police Chief Paul Leek for his investigative efforts, follow up, and frequent updates that led to an eventual “no contest” plea following a hit and run incident that occurred in December.

Council also discussed a number of recent incidents of dogs running loose in the village, noting that the village has an ordinance prohibiting that and that it would be enforced going forward.

Flushing Village Council meets at 6 p.m. the second Thursday of each month in the village offices on High Street.