FLUSHING — Concerns about the placement of pre-built buildings, veteran flags and activities at Schuler Park are being discussed in Flushing.

During a council meeting held Nov. 14, former mayor and councilman John Jozwiak asked council about a structure recently placed on a property on Markatan Street.

Jozwiak noted that he had been a council member when legislation was passed prohibiting placement of pre-built homes without a basement or foundation within the corporation.

Council had discussed the matter during its October meeting where the building had been described as “a pre-built barn.” Council President Chuck Nucci had commented at the time that it looked as if it was being set up to be lived in.

Councilman Tom Bober responded to Jozwiak, saying that the language of the ordinance was “vague” and that council was going to discuss “revamping” the ordinance with Village Solicitor Gary Smith.

Mayor Preston Eberhart said the individual who placed the building on Markatan Street had not received approval for his plans from the village, while Village Administrator Kris Chini said he had been told that a “pre-built cabin” was being brought in.

Nucci said that as he understood it, the legislation had been passed initially during the early days of the local gas and oil boom to prevent people from renting camper spaces to gas and oil workers. He reiterated Bober’s assertion that the language was vague and needed to be reworked.

Meanwhile, a discussion about the handling and placement of banners honoring village veterans was held after resident Sandi Hughes expressed her concern.

Eberhart said the village would no longer be responsible for putting up or taking down the flags.

“When the flags were originally bought, the village tried to help by putting them up. The village got ridiculed and harassed and yelled at because people didn’t like the way it was being done,” he said, adding that the village could not use taxpayers’ money to pay to have it done.

Nucci said the Flushing Business Association was working to raise the money needed to pay Erb Electric to put the flags up in the spring and take them down in the fall — a total of $600 — and expressed his appreciation to Erb Electric for giving the organization such a good price.

Nucci said he was in the process of reforming the Flushing Business Association as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, saying that the previous iteration of the group had gone into a “defunct” status after not filing taxes for three consecutive years and that he had personally returned $3,000 in donations that had been given to the organization last year as a result.

Nucci said maintenance of the flags once they were up was an issue since many were attached to American Electric Power-owned poles. He said placing them in the park was a possible solution to that issue, adding that the group had until May to figure out what they were going to do.

Nucci and Eberhart also said a separate group is being formed that is primarily concerned with putting on a fireworks display at the park next July.

Ashley Barto addressed council about people littering and committing vandalism in Schuler Park and asked about having more signs posted, especially in the vicinity of the pond at the far end of the park.

Barto also said she wants to hold a 5K and music festival fundraiser to benefit the Belmont County Animal Shelter next October and that while she had spoken to officials in some other communities about hosting the event, as a lifelong resident she would prefer to hold it in Schuler Park if they could help her make it happen.

Resident Stephanie Schneider also addressed council, offering to help pursue a variety of grants that would help bolster the village’s youth sports program, saying she was willing to write the grant applications and do the follow-up work.

She said the individual who was taking over running the program in the village was not willing to take on the responsibility of registering as a 501(c)(3), which prevented her from going after the grants on that organization’s behalf.

Nucci told Schneider he would like to discuss the matter with her in more detail before bringing a proposal back to council.

Schneider also spoke of a company she knows of that would help the village get an official website up and running.

“I think it’s really important for people to be able to have information about their own village that they live in,” she said.

Eberhart said he would get the information about the website from her and look into it.

Ian Schneider, Stephanie’s husband, asked about a village-owned property adjacent to theirs on Pearl Street that they previously expressed interest in should the village put it out to bid.

When Eberhart said it was one of the possible sites being discussed for a new building to be used to store village equipment, Mrs. Schneider expressed dismay and asked about the property being zoned as residential.

Village Solicitor Gary Smith said there is no zoning in the village and that the “residential” designation on the county auditor’s website that was mentioned by Schneider was for tax purposes.

Councilman Eric McCort introduced Sabin Ward, saying he along with Councilwoman Sandy Twarog and Councilman Dave Coe had interviewed him for the open part-time police officer job.

Council went into executive session to discuss personnel concerning the hiring of Sabin and to consult with Smith on legal matters. It was later disclosed that Chini turned in his resignation during the closed-door session.

Council will meet again at 6 p.m. Thursday at the municipal building.