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 â if any â action to take.
Also during the open session, Public Works Director Levi Tickner has chosen to respond in open session to complaints made against him by Parks Director Dennis Welch. The council also could decide to take action in that matter.
JOSEPH â 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 any significant upgrades have been made to the facility and it is not currently in compliance with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
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