City of Lincoln Hires New City Administrator
Clay T. Johnson to start mid-October

[September 16, 2014]  LINCOLN -  The Lincoln City Council Monday night approved an employment agreement with Clay T. Johnson from Merrillville, IN to become the community’s new, and first full-time, City Administrator. Johnson is currently the Assistant Town Manager for Munster, IN, a community of 23,603 in northwest Indiana. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Telecommunications from the University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) and a Master of Public Affairs (MPA) from Indiana University (Bloomington, IN).

Johnson has served in the town of Munster for four years focusing on high quality service delivery and high quality of life. During his tenure, the municipality funded nearly $40 million in redevelopment projects, including the award-winning redevelopment of a closed municipal landfill into a methane-to-electricity cogeneration project, the $9 million reconstruction of Community Park, and the first greenway connection between the states of Indiana and Illinois. Johnson assisted in the preparation of the town’s $38 million budget, oversaw a town-wide compensation and performance management study, managed the Information Technology Department and the Safety Committee, and staffed the Planning Commission, the Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Public Art Commission.

Prior to joining the Town of Munster, Johnson served as a Public Sector Community Coordinator for the Indiana University Service Corps, as an Engineering Fellow for the City of Bloomington, IN Department of Public Works, and as an intern for the City of Paducah, KY, and the Kentucky League of Cities. He is a member of the International City/County Management Association and serves as a mentor for Indiana University’s ICMA Student Chapter. He is also the Northern Regional Representative for the Indiana Municipal Management Association.

Johnson will start his duties with the City of Lincoln in mid-October.

[Text received; MAYOR KEITH SNYDER]