MIDDLEVILLE - Flash flood feud! As the Village of Middleville cleans up after wicked weather Monday night, residents are looking for answers. And officials and residents are not seeing eye to eye.

"She hasn't come here. She's the mayor. Hasn't come up here to check on us. Hasn't said 'do you have any damage'" said Art Nicotera, a Middleville Flood Victim.

The basement in Art Nicotera's Middleville home is damaged severely. He is angry about a wall buckling, but he is furious about the village not taking responsibility for a clogged culvert, which caused the water to rush through his backyard.

"They went back there the day it was flooding...pulled out one scoop of stuff to get it to stop," Nicotera said. "They pulled the back hoe out today...there's two feet of garbage still in the way."

"A lot of people think this grate was plugged from the start...it wasn't," said Frank Ceneviva, Codes Enforcer. "It was always clear."

The Codes Enforcer for Middleville says property owners, not the village, should be clearing the debris.

However, the problems don't stop there.

Nicotera doesn't have flood insurance because he claims he was told he doesn't live in a flood zone.

"This whole area up here...I know it's up...but it is a flood zone," Ceneviva said. "If they have any questions about it, they can go to Herkimer County Soil and Water and the maps are right there that lays everything out - what homes are in a flood zone."

Herkimer County Emergency Services says the entire Village of Middleville is under a Flood Emergency Program. And all residents are encouraged to purchase flood insurance.

In addition, the Village of Middleville does not qualify for funding from FEMA because, according to the mayor, the damage is minimal.