Politics & Government
Bill Phillips Named Deputy Mayor
Phillips takes the place of Rob Marlowe, who stepped down from a job on the council and his role as deputy mayor Tuesday when his term ran out.
Bill Phillips got a new role Tuesday.
He was elected Tuesday by council members to be the new deputy mayor of New Port Richey, a title Rob Marlowe gave up with his seat when he decided not to run for re-election . He was elected to the council last year, and in his first meeting last year, the council sat for more than three hours for a troubling audit of the city finances.
His first meeting as deputy mayor went much smoother.
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“This is a much easier-paced meeting than last year," he ssaid. They do get tougher from here on out," he told new council members Jeff Starkey and Chopper Davis, who were sworn in Tuesday.
The current term is Phillips' second on the council. He previously served on the city council from 1992 to 1994. He ran for election to the state House of Representatives in 1994, but did not win the seat.
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He grew up in New Port Richey, graduated from Gulf High, went to college out of state, and then moved back to New Port Richey in the 1990s. He eventually moved into Trinity and then back into his house in New Port Richey, which is in the footprint of the home he grew up in.
Phillips currently works as a sales account manager for a national roofing company.
Phillips was a leader of the committee that created the Penny for Pasco program.
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