Damian Ulatowski
Town Supervisor, EMERITUS
Bio: Damian is a longtime resident of the Town of Clay and holds a BA from Fredonia State University.
Damian is a 20-year veteran of Town government (specifically for the Town of Clay) and has held several positions including Councilman, Liaison to the Highway Department, Deputy Supervisor and currently in his role as Supervisor to the Town where he was appointed in 2008 and elected in 2009. He currently serves as President of the Onondaga County Supervisor’s Association leading a group of nineteen elected officials. During his tenure, he has supported and advocated for smaller local governments and is committed to providing efficient governmental services. He has maintained a stable Town budget without compromising Town services and has delivered a 0% Town tax increase over the past 3 years.
He was an integral participant in bringing an Amazon Distribution Center to Clay resulting in a building that is the second largest of its kind in the world and now employs almost 2000 central New York workers. Moving forward, Micron a memory chip manufacturer has committed to build on a property in Clay that will bring chip technology to the east coast and expand the labor force by almost 40,000 over the next ten years; making Clay, a great place to live, work and raise a family. He is an advocate of green technology, having secured numerous grants over the years for various projects including upgrades to the Town highway garage and solar array systems located at town hall and the highway offices. He recently secured a grant to switch the town’s overhead lighting system to LED, saving taxpayers thousands of dollars. His long-range vision is sustainability for a cleaner, greener community for the future and beyond. To that end, Damian has secured a $2.9 million grant from NYS DEC for remediation of a Brownfield in the historic Three Rivers area of the Town of Clay. Thinking outside of the box the supervisor together with the town board is hoping to transform a 67-acre parcel on vacant land gifted to the town into a community wide green project. “Project green” hosts a community garden with a solar powered irrigation system, a fully functional greenhouse to accommodate individual resident garden plots and, the project will also host walking and cross-country skiing trails along with non-traditional outdoor recreational activities.
Damian is an advocate for the health and safety of his staff and residents. In May 2018, the Town of Clay received the Ken Herman Sr. Memorial Awardthrough Public Employer Risk Management Association (PERMA). The award is provided to a municipality that exemplifies PERMA’s mission to improve workplace safety and wellness through exceptional participation and utilization of PERMA’S programs. Accordingly, Damian was asked (by PERMA Executives) to lead a Pilot Member Chapter Program for the Northern Region and was honored for his exemplary high standards of partnership, leadership, and dedication in May 2019.
Damian continues to serve on a number of boards in both the Clay community as well as the insurance industry. His many activities have included serving as a community representative to the Airport Neighbors Advisory Committee, continues as a volunteer with Meals-on-Wheels. In addition, Damian shares a Board Member seat on the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority on a rotating basis where he has served as a member of the Governance and Human Resource Committee.
Damian is also an active parishioner St. Rose of Lima Church in the Village of North Syracuse, NY. He and his wife Mary Ellen have two grown children and several grandchildren of whom he is very proud.
Jill Hageman-Clark
Town Clerk
Bio: Town Clerk since March of 2009; Supervisor for Deputy Clerks, Recording Secretary to the Town Board; Record Management Officer, Processor of Dog Licenses, Marriage Licenses, Conservation/Hunting Licenses, Solicitors Licenses, Handicapped Parking Permits and Acceptance Agent for US Passports.
Expanded Clerk’s office to include facilitating applications for U.S. Passports and the FAVOR program for veterans. As Marriage Officer, Jill also performs weddings.
NYS Registered Municipal Clerk; Advanced her training by attending Association of Towns, New York.
Association of Local Government Records Officers and The NYS Town Clerks Association conferences.
Member of the NYS Town Clerks Association, International Institute of Municipal Clerks, the Onondaga County Town Clerks Association and the NY Association of Local Government Records Officers; NYS Notary, Sub-Registrar for the Town of Clay and Treasurer for the Onondaga County Town Clerks Association.
Member of the Town of Clay Safety Committee, working with local Volunteer Fire Departments for the Length of Service.
Program, and processor for Workers Compensation for Town Employees and Fire Departments.
Town of Clay resident most of her life. Jill’s daughter, Jacquie, is studying at SUNY Binghamton.
Jill is active with Kindred Spirits Greyhound Rescue and the North Area YMCA.
Joseph Bick
Deputy Supervisor
Joe is a registered nurse and works as a manager for St. Joseph’s Health where he has worked since 1998. He holds Master’s Degree from Le Moyne College, Bachelor’s Degree from the SUNY Institute of Technology and an Associate’s Degree from the St. Elizabeth College of Nursing.
Joe has served on the town board since 2007 and is the current Deputy Supervisor.
Joe is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan, where he served as an Army nurse treating casualties as part of Combined Joint Taskforce 180. He served 11 years in the US Army Reserve attaining the rank of Captain.
He and his wife, Jennifer, have been Clay residents since 1993 and live just outside the Village of North Syracuse with their two children.
Brian Hall
Receiver of Taxes
Eugene Young
Town CouncilOR
Bio: Gene has been a Clay Town Councilor for 14 years and a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals for 35 years. He is a retired member of the Moyers Corners Fire Department having served over 22 years. During that time he held the positions of Secretary and Vice-President of the organization.
From 1992 until 2008, Gene was a member of Congressman James Walsh’s Military Selection Committee helping to choose young men and women in our community to attend the United States Military Academy.
He received his Bachelor’s Degree and his Law Degree from Syracuse University, and has spent over 30 years as a practicing attorney. He is a partner with Davidson and Young PC.
Gene is married and has one son.
Brian May
1st LegiSlative District
Brian represents the 1st Legislative District which includes the Town of Lysander and small portion of Clay.
Known for his pragmatic and traditionally conservative approach to local governance, Brian is an independent voice for all residents of his district and across Onondaga County. As a proven leader and consensus-builder, Brian is currently privileged to serve as Republican Majority Leader of the Legislature. He has also chaired the Public Safety and Ways & Means committees of the Legislature.
Brian has spent his entire professional career in the private sector fulfilling a variety of leadership roles in business development.
Brian and his wife of over 25 years reside in Lysander with their four children.
Kevin J. Meaker
2nd Legislative District
Bio: Kevin J. Meaker serves as the Onondaga County Legislator for the 2nd District, bringing nearly a decade of elected public service and more than two decades of experience in real estate and small business.
Dr. Cody Kelly
14th LegiSlative District
Bio: Cody Kelly is a lifelong resident of the 14th District. He graduated from Cicero-North Syracuse High School in 2009, and received his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 2016. As a Physical Therapist, Dr. Kelly works with children all over Onondaga County. Providing home-based care ha allowed Dr. Kelly to witness first hand some of the issues affecting people across different communities, like the effects of poverty. He believes in responsible local government which limits the tax burden on families and promotes economic growth and job opportunities.