Weissport Borough Council got both good and bad financial news at its meeting on Monday.

The good news is that it received checks totaling about $19,000 as leftover funds from work done on the borough's flood levee. The check was from the Army Corps of Engineers and it was stipulated the money must be used for the levee.The borough will contact the Corps to determine if the money can be used for wages to cut grass and do other maintenance on the levee and if tools and equipment can be purchased for maintaining it.The bad news is that all the borough's financial records for the past two years, as well as this year, have been destroyed.Bill Donovan, newly hired secretary/treasurer, said an audit on the funds is due but can't be done because of computer issues. Donovan said he believes the computer system with the records is corrupt or previous borough treasurers didn't know how to record the figures in the computer.Arland Moyer, a member of council, said there have been three treasurers since 2013."It's not fraud," Donovan stressed to the council. He said, "Either the files were corrupted or they (the individuals entering the data) didn't know what they were doing.""I don't feel anything is dishonest," he stressed to the council.To remedy the situation, all bank records must be obtained and recorded manually. "We must restate the books back to 2013 when we were last audited," he said.He told the council that the borough won't qualify for any government grant money until the financial records are brought up to date.Donovan estimated it could take two to three months of full-time work to bring the records back up to par.The council agreed to hire him at a rate of $11 per hour to do this work. This is separate from his work as secretary/treasurer.The treasurer said the books must be redone for another important reason besides the audit. "The budget is coming up," he said. "We can't look at accurate figures if they weren't properly recorded."Donovan said the 2013 audit had cost $2,500. He said without having adequate records, there could be increased auditing costs.Councilman Gregory May made the motion to hire Donovan to do the bookkeeping work, stating, "Let the man do his job." The motion passed unanimously.In other matters, police officer Denna Krammas, who was hired May 16, won't start work until the police cruiser is operational, the council said.It was noted the car was recently painted and the borough is awaiting lettering to be done. It is not known when this will be completed.