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JOSEPH â 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 â who serves as mayor in the mayorâs absence â filling Binghamâs former committee assignments will have to wait. The same is true for applications for other committee assignments. Making such assignments is the mayorâs job and Mayor Belinda Buswell was absent from the last council meeting. Pro-tem Administrator Brock Eckstein said she was home sick. ....