Some two years after taking the helm of Clinton’s Fire Department, Chief Scott Phillips has announced his resignation, noting that he will be stepping away from the city job to return to Dunn where he will assume the duties of that municipality’s assistant chief of fire and EMS. His resignation marks the fourth department head vacancy for the city in the past few months, coming on the heels of the retirements of Public Works director Jeff Vreugdenhil and Police Chief Jay Tilley and the resignation of City Manager Shawn Purvis.