Sussex Council Weighs Options During Phillips' Absence

GEORGETOWN — With one member of Sussex County Council on extended convalescence, council has been forced to take a look at how they will conduct business over the next few months with only four members.

The council has five members for a reason; a tie vote is the same thing as a no vote under council’s policies and procedures. Councilman Vance Phillips, R-Laurel, was injured Oct. 30 in a sports plane crash near Lynchburg, Va., and is currently hospitalized at University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Va. There is no definitive timeline for when Phillips will return to council chambers.

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