The dedication of a memorial for the late Betty Mullen Brey, a Weissport native who swam in the Olympics and other international competitons, has been postponed until April.

The memorial was scheduled to be unveiled in the Weissport park on Oct. 8.Weissport Borough Council President Gene Kershner said there were delays by the person from Lake Placid, New York, who is working on the bust for the monument to Brey. He said he was advised that the bust will not be completed in time for an October program.Brey grew up in Weissport and practiced swimming for international competitions at the former Graver's Swimming Pool in Lehighton and in the Lehigh River. She also swam at the Allentown YMCA and at the Women's Association of New York.After setting a new record in a qualifying heat in the 1955 Pan Am games, she earned gold and silver medals in the finals.A three-time AAU titlist, she was a member of a group of swimmers who traveled the world on a goodwill tour introducing the butterfly stroke before the 1956 Olympics.She made the 1956 U.S. Olympic team and swam in the preliminary heats for the eventual silver-medal winning team. Due to the rules at the time, she didn't receive a medal as she didn't swim in the finals.She was the swimming coach at George Washington University.She died at the age of 83 of March 21, 2015, in Florida.Other business• Borough treasurer Bill Donovan said progress is being made in bringing the borough's financial records up to date.Last month he told the council that all the financial records for the past two years were lost through an apparent computer glitch.Donovan, who was hired only a few months ago, was told by the council to work on reconciling the fiscal records and agreed to pay him $11 per hour for that work.On Monday, Donovan said all the records for 2014 have been updated and are ready to be given to the borough's auditing firm for review.He said he should have the 2015 records updated within about three weeks.Council member Greg May praised Donovan for the financial reports he has been presenting to the borough and for the work Donovan has done in sorting out the records of the past two years."He's doing a good job," May said.• Council member Brenda Leiby urged the council to clean a bay in the borough garage so the police cruiser could be housed there.She said the newly hired police officer, Denna Krammes of Orwigsburg, takes the cruiser with her when she leaves the borough because there is no place to park it.Krammes was hired in May at a rate of $16 per hour but didn't start working until last month when major repairs to the police cruiser were completed.She urged the council to keep the cruiser inside a garage to prevent vandalism as well as damage to equipment from the weather.Leiby and Kershner said they will make an effort over the next two evenings to make room in the garage for the cruiser. One of the things they hope to do is take unused borough equipment to a countywide municipal auction in October.Leiby said, "Our police car does not belong in another district. It belongs here."She said the cruiser is putting on mileage and using a lot of gasoline by being driven out of town."It just doesn't feel right to not have it here where it belongs," she said.• The council was notified by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources that it must return $24,000 that was left over from a grant for work done on the flood levee.Previously the council had been informed it could keep the funds for other flood levee expenses.Donovan told the council that the DEP has sent notice that the money must be returned.• Gail Maholick detailed plans for a fall festival to be held in the Weissport Park and along the Lehigh Canal on Oct. 8 and 9. She said a yard sale will be held in the morning and hay rides and other events will occur beginning at 11 a.m.• The council was informed that the ninth annual Redneck Festival held this past weekend in the Weissport Park was a big success.May said, "Next year will be the 10th anniversary and we want to do something special."He told the council that members of the Redneck Festival and Weissport Recreation Commission have painted park benches, painted a gazebo in the park, placed mulch where it was need, and installed electric lines.He said the two groups not only did it for the Redneck Festival, but helped the borough prepare for the Betty Mullen Brey dedication program.May gave special recognition to Duane Dellecker for organizing the festival and doing a lot of the work before, during and after the event. "He did 98 percent of the cleanup," May said.• The council said the new police officer has been busy in the borough.Among the things to which she attended was "tagging a home" on White Street for quality of life ordinance violations.the council said that homeowner has a specified amount of time to comply with the ordinance by cleaning up the property or face fines.