Whenever any member of the governing body of any county is in the active military or naval service of the United States or of this State and shall fail to attend any meeting of the governing body, the said governing body, at any such meeting, may adopt any resolution which by law requires a vote measured by all the members of said governing body, by a vote measured by the members of said governing body, excluding from the number of members any such member who is in the active military or naval service of the United States or of this State and who fails to attend such meeting.
N.J.S. § 40:24-1.1