$2,500 Paid to Council Members for May

Total pay to members of the St. Ignace City Council for attending meetings and events during May was $2,500.

Council members are paid $70 for regular meetings and $60 for committee meetings or gatherings at which the person is representing the city.

The mayor receives $80 per council meeting and $70 for any other event at which the mayor is representing the city.

Council held two regular meetings during May, Monday, May 7, and Monday, May 21.

There are no rules to govern what events are eligible for payment. Council meetings are held twice monthly. Members attended the following events and received the following pay:

Mayor Paul Grondin

$580 - Council, May 7 and May 21; Fort de Buade committee, May 3; library committee, May 8; Downtown Development Authority, May 11; negotiating committee, May 14 and May 21; Planning Commission, May 23.

Meetings attended but received no pay: Fort de Buade committee, May 7; Chamber of Commerce, May 9; Chamber of Commerce dinner, May 17; presenting key to the city to Mike Rowe of the Discovery Channel, May 23; Memorial Day ceremony, May 28.

Don Gustafson

$500 - Council, May 7 and May 21; audit committee, May 2; Fort de Buade committee, May 7; Recreation Advisory Board, May 9; ambulance committee, May 10; negotiating committee, May 14 and May 21.

Willie LaLonde

$440 - Council, May 7 and May 21; Fort de Buade committee, May 7; ambulance committee, May 10; negotiating committee, May 14; real estate committee, May 16; negotiating committee, May 21.

Meetings attended but received no pay: Fort de Buade committee, May 3.

Susan Tamlyn-Massaway

$320 - Council, May 7 and May 21; audit committee, May 2; H.O.M.E., May 16; Planning Commission, May 23.

Paul Fullerton

$260 - Council, May 7 and May 21; audit committee, May 2; Fort de Buade committee, May 7.

Merv Wyse

$200 - Council, May 7 and May 21; real estate committee, May 16.

Tom Della-Moretta

$200 - Council, May 7 and May 21; real estate committee, May 16.