Highway Superintendent, Thomas E. Weaver, who was appointed in 2005, operates the Town of Clay Highway Department.  Mr. Weaver's office consists of one full time secretary and one part time informational aide.  The highway department employees 40 full time workers.  In the summer, an additional 20 school/college students are added. 

The highway department has many duties throughout the town, which include the following:

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
In the highway department during the summer months they maintain approximately 150 miles of town owned roadway. Maintenance includes road surfacing, paving, pothole repair, sweeping, mowing of roadsides and cleaning ditches. During the winter months they plow and sand all town roads plus an additional 14.95 miles of County roads. There are sixteen plowing and eleven sanding routes, each having two men per vehicle. All street and road control signs are made, repaired, replaced and installed by our in-house sign department.

PARKS DEPARTMENT
The parks department maintains four town-wide parks with 237 acres of mowable grass and twenty-nine green areas with 110 acres of mowable grass. There are also two cemeteries. Maintenance includes grass cutting, trimming, brush and trash removal plus the upkeep on the town athletic fields. These include thirteen baseball, six softball, five football fields and eight soccer fields. The fields are striped, top dressed and fertilized as needed. There are also eleven tennis courts and a volleyball court located throughout the town. All repairs on restrooms, building and lights within the parks are the responsibility of the parks department employees.


DRAINAGE AND SANITATION
This department is responsible for rebuilding and maintenance of all the catch basins, culverts, swales and ditches. Duties include cleaning out drainage pipes and catch basins of all accumulated sand and debris to enable the flow of water.


EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
The three full-time and one seasonal mechanic employed in this department have their hands full keeping a fleet of over 100+ pieces of equipment in good running order. This equipment ranges in size from snowplows, road graders, and dump trucks down to push mowers and chain saws. Any maintenance from oil changes to complete engine overhauls is done in the town’s main highway garage.


WELDING DEPARTMENT
The welding shop designs and builds all the sanders used in the winter by our snowplows. They also repair all equipment and vehicles as needed.


BODY SHOP
The body shop repairs and paints all equipment to maintain its appearance and keep it in good repair.


BUILDING MAINTENANCE
The highway and parks department personnel perform the Town of Clay Municipal Building, Senior Center and the new, soon to be opened, Welcoming Center building maintenance. Their duties include all plumbing, painting, electrical, remodeling and roof repairs.