Earnings for county commissioners for 2009, including salary and meeting attendance, totaled $70,682, compared to $49,997 in 2008.

Mackinac County commissioners make $4,222 a year in base salary and the commission chair earns $5,049 annually. The five board members additionally are paid $60 per day for meetings and an additional $50 on days they attended more than one meeting.

Commissioners earned the following pay, based on salary and 2009 meetings attended: Carl Frazier $9,568; Larry Leveille $12,388; Calvin McPhee $18,996; Dawn Nelson, commission chair, $19,484; Mike Patrick $10,246.