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JOSEPH — The Joseph City Council began the road back from dysfunction, Tuesday, July 20, by voting in a new mayor pro-tem and taking other measures in the wake of the censure and resignation of one of its members. Councilor Lisa Collier was elected by her peers to serve as mayor pro-tem, the position former Councilor Kathy Bingham was removed from June 30, as well as from committee assignments for a year and banning her from contact with city employees after several complaints against her were received by City Hall. Although the council has a new pro-tem — who serves as mayor in the...

The executive session will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Joseph Community Events Center. It will offer city Councilor Kathy Bingham the opportunity to respond to complaints in a Feb. 21 letter to the council written by businessman Gary Bethscheider saying Bingham accused Bethscheider of making an obscene gesture at her at the regular February council meeting. She has opted to make her defense in the closed executive session. Eckstein said that after Bingham makes her defense, the council will recess from executive session, Bingham will be excused and the council will decide what — if any â�...

JOSEPH — The clouds that have covered Joseph City Hall with gloom for weeks — if not longer — may be lifting thanks to the efforts of its new interim city administrator, Brock Eckstein. Last week, Eckstein met with Dennis Welch, the city’s parks, Main Street and facilities supervisor, and discussed the harassment allegations that have kept Welch off work since March 22. He cited stress, “gaslighting” and harassment as reasons for his time off. Welch returned to work Sunday, May 16. “The cloud is lifting and the sun’s coming out and that’s what I wa...

JOSEPH — A larger-than-usual audience turned out for the final Joseph City Council meeting of the year, Thursday, Dec. 10, when the council gave its official approval to a sewage treatment facilties plan and bade farewell to Mayor Teresa Sajonia as she presided over her last session. Brad Baird, of Anderson Perry and Associates, presented the council with a finalized plan for the more than $3.8 million project that he asked the council to formally adopt so his firm could add language that the city has approved the plan it has been pursuing. He noted it has been more than 20 years since a...