A total of $3,860 was paid for November to City Council members and the mayor by the City of St. Ignace for council and committee meetings. The total for October was $1,650.

Each council member is paid $70 for each regular meeting he or she attends and is paid $60 for each committee meeting attended. The mayor receives $80 per council meeting and $70 per committee meeting or special event.

Councilman Willie LaLonde does not receive any payment for attending city meetings, per his request. Mr. LaLonde has said he does not want to withdraw funds for himself from a struggling city budget.

The following is a breakdown in total pay for the month for each council member and for the mayor, along with the meetings/ events attended:

NOVEMBER

Council held two reglar meetings November 7, and a meeting November 14 and 21. Special meetings were held November 3 and 28.

Council also held three public meetings for city manager interviews on November 16, 17, and 21.

Don Gustafson (Mayor Pro Tempore)

$870 - Mr. Gustafson receives the same pay as regular council members do for meetings attended. He attended all November regular and special meetings (7), all three interview meetings, two Recreation Advisory Committee meetings (November 9 and 22), an Ambulance Committee meeting (November 10), and the Negotiations Committee meeting (November 29).

Susan Tamlyn-Massaway

$690 - Attended all special and regular meetings (7), all interview meetings (3), and a H.O.M.E. board meeting (November 30).

Merv Wyse

$690 - Attended all special and regular meetings (7), all interview meetings, and a Zoning Board of Appeals meeting (November 30).

Paul Grondin

$650 - Attended regular meetings November 21 and the November 28 special meeting; he also attended all three city manager interview meetings. Committee meetings Mr. Grondin attended were two Recreation Task Force meetings (November 2 and 23), two Recreation Advisory Committee meetings (November 9 and 22), and a Negotiations Committee workshop meeting November 29.

Tom Della-Moretta (replaced Ollie Boynton November 8)

$420 - Attended three regular meetings and three city manager interview meetings.

Mayor Bruce Dodson

$360 - Attended one regular council meeting, an Ambulance Committee meeting (November 10), a Special Events Committee meeting, and a Michigan Senate subcommittee public hearing regarding Mackinac Bridge Authority.

Ollie Boynton (no longer serving after November 8)

$210 - Attended three special meetings and one regular meeting.

Willie LaLonde

$0.

OCTOBER

Regular city council meetings in October were held October 3 and October 17.

Don Gustafson

$500 - Attended regular council meetings, two Recreation Task Force meetings, one Recreation Advisory Committee meeting, one Negotiations Committee meeting, and one Special Events Committee meeting.

Mayor Bruce Dodson

$300 - Attended two regular council meetings, a Downtown Development Authority meeting, and a Mackinac County Airport meeting.

Paul Grondin

$260 - Attended both regular council meetings, a Special Events Committee meeting, and a Recreation Advisory Committee meeting.

Susan Tamlyn-Massaway

$260 - Attended both regular council meetings, a Planning Commission meeting, and a H.O.M.E. meeting.

Ollie Boynton

$190 - Attended both regular council meetings and one Negotiations Committee meeting.

Merv Wyse

$140 - Attended both regular council meetings.

Willie LaLonde

$0