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Lenny Starck's compensation of $99,897 was the most as a public employee in Mecosta County in 2019.
The data was gathered by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit research and educational institute.
Top 100 highest paid public employees in 2019 in Mecosta County
| Rank | Employee | Employer | 2019 amount earned | 2018 amount earned | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lenny Starck | Chippewa Hills School District | $99,897 | $96,935 | 3.1% |
| 2 | Scott Thede | Ferris State University | $99,664 | $97,651 | 2.1% |
| 3 | Dawn Hawley | Chippewa Hills School District | $99,500 | $93,979 | 5.9% |
| 4 | Ronald Schneider | Ferris State University | $98,326 | $96,856 | 1.5% |
| 5 | James Nelson | Morley-Stanwood Community School | $97,896 | $97,670 | 0.2% |
| 6 | Robert O'Neil | Chippewa Hills School District | $95,394 | $92,853 | 2.7% |
| 7 | Joseph Compton | Ferris State University | $94,707 | $95,349 | -0.7% |
| 8 | Mitchell Cumings | Big Rapids Public Schools | $92,466 | $101,392 | -8.8% |
| 9 | Bryan Marquardt | Ferris State University | $91,789 | $90,451 | 1.5% |
| 10 | Beth Logan | Ferris State University | $91,757 | $90,386 | 1.5% |
| 11 | Thomas Stoffer | Ferris State University | $91,675 | $92,704 | -1.1% |
| 12 | Carol Phelps | Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District | $91,443 | $85,174 | 7.4% |
| 13 | Jodi Bloss-Ehnis | Chippewa Hills School District | $91,207 | $88,779 | 2.7% |
| 14 | Gregory Conti | Ferris State University | $90,490 | $88,678 | 2% |
| 15 | Renee Kent | Big Rapids Public Schools | $90,321 | $86,267 | 4.7% |
| 16 | Brenda Donley | Chippewa Hills School District | $90,210 | $79,419 | 13.6% |
| 17 | Joseph Bouman | Big Rapids Public Schools | $89,817 | $85,785 | 4.7% |
| 18 | Bonnie Clark | Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District | $89,751 | $81,945 | 9.5% |
| 19 | Michael Miller | Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District | $89,000 | $80,452 | 10.6% |
| 20 | Lawrence Jose | Chippewa Hills School District | $88,910 | $81,612 | 8.9% |
| 21 | Sally Schafer | Chippewa Hills School District | $88,752 | $88,263 | 0.6% |
| 22 | William Wagner | Ferris State University | $88,565 | $83,365 | 6.2% |
| 23 | Ryan Grinnell | Chippewa Hills School District | $87,569 | $85,105 | 2.9% |
| 24 | Kara Devries Schafer | Big Rapids Public Schools | $86,798 | $95,331 | -9% |
| 25 | Mark Posey | Big Rapids Public Schools | $86,700 | $83,290 | 4.1% |
| 26 | Karen Roy | Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District | $85,913 | $83,054 | 3.4% |
| 27 | Steven Johnson | Ferris State University | $85,789 | $90,189 | -4.9% |
| 28 | Louise Ensink | Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District | $85,051 | $71,955 | 18.2% |
| 29 | Starr Lederer | Chippewa Hills School District | $85,016 | $80,475 | 5.6% |
| 30 | Pattie Durbin | Chippewa Hills School District | $84,811 | $82,816 | 2.4% |
| 31 | Douglas Richard | Chippewa Hills School District | $84,744 | $81,321 | 4.2% |
| 32 | Susan McCullen | Big Rapids Public Schools | $84,674 | $79,257 | 6.8% |
| 33 | Michelle Welch | Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District | $84,207 | $84,014 | 0.2% |
| 34 | Debra Buehner | Chippewa Hills School District | $84,052 | $82,075 | 2.4% |
| 35 | Robert Maynard | Big Rapids Public Schools | $83,889 | $81,057 | 3.5% |
| 36 | Linda Telfer | Ferris State University | $83,696 | $82,445 | 1.5% |
| 37 | Cathy Crawford | Chippewa Hills School District | $83,640 | $81,247 | 2.9% |
| 38 | Kevin Edwards | Chippewa Hills School District | $83,512 | $79,879 | 4.5% |
| 39 | Susan Conley | Chippewa Hills School District | $83,422 | $80,816 | 3.2% |
| 40 | Cheryl Mortensen | Chippewa Hills School District | $83,397 | $83,335 | 0.1% |
| 41 | Linda Ward | Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District | $83,267 | $92,905 | -10.4% |
| 42 | Tonya Harrison | Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District | $83,039 | $80,503 | 3.2% |
| 43 | Christopher Smith | Chippewa Hills School District | $82,785 | $80,392 | 3% |
| 44 | Lori Hathaway | Big Rapids Public Schools | $82,615 | $78,114 | 5.8% |
| 45 | Jason Lundin | Chippewa Hills School District | $82,456 | $71,463 | 15.4% |
| 46 | Kyle Talicska | Chippewa Hills School District | $82,195 | $78,150 | 5.2% |
| 47 | Kathryn Schlanderer | Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District | $82,082 | $85,186 | -3.6% |
| 48 | Samuel Hepinstall | Chippewa Hills School District | $81,955 | $81,199 | 0.9% |
| 49 | Jodi Daum | Chippewa Hills School District | $81,831 | $79,791 | 2.6% |
| 50 | Amanda Kimball | Chippewa Hills School District | $81,270 | $76,113 | 6.8% |
| 51 | Matthew McCullen | Big Rapids Public Schools | $81,123 | $79,429 | 2.1% |
| 52 | John Nawrot | Morley-Stanwood Community School | $80,923 | $73,846 | 9.6% |
| 53 | Catherine Archer | Ferris State University | $80,886 | $76,333 | 6% |
| 54 | Wendy Odykirk | Chippewa Hills School District | $80,849 | $78,400 | 3.1% |
| 55 | Jennifer Purdy | Chippewa Hills School District | $80,844 | $80,155 | 0.9% |
| 56 | Rodney Young | Chippewa Hills School District | $80,794 | $79,285 | 1.9% |
| 56 | Dawn Peddie | Chippewa Hills School District | $80,794 | $79,369 | 1.8% |
| 58 | Theodore Halm | Ferris State University | $80,761 | $79,554 | 1.5% |
| 59 | Meredith Langell | Chippewa Hills School District | $80,744 | $79,235 | 1.9% |
| 59 | Laura Wauldron | Chippewa Hills School District | $80,744 | $80,644 | 0.1% |
| 61 | Tammy Riley | Chippewa Hills School District | $80,708 | $78,810 | 2.4% |
| 62 | Cris Dewolf | Chippewa Hills School District | $80,608 | $79,024 | 2% |
| 63 | Slater Martin | Chippewa Hills School District | $80,550 | $33,461 | 140.7% |
| 64 | Beth Mundwiler | Chippewa Hills School District | $80,524 | $77,827 | 3.5% |
| 65 | Elizabeth Bond | Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District | $80,473 | $76,242 | 5.5% |
| 66 | Robert Raven | Morley-Stanwood Community School | $80,324 | $76,839 | 4.5% |
| 67 | Angela Dey | Chippewa Hills School District | $80,068 | $79,419 | 0.8% |
| 68 | Craig Roach | Ferris State University | $79,843 | $78,906 | 1.2% |
| 69 | Paul Blake | Ferris State University | $233,593 | $230,103 | 1.5% |
| 70 | Amy Buse | Ferris State University | $168,729 | $153,560 | 9.9% |
| 71 | Sally Depew | Ferris State University | $160,336 | $157,940 | 1.5% |
| 72 | James Miller | Ferris State University | $157,130 | $153,596 | 2.3% |
| 73 | Michael Hughes | Ferris State University | $143,061 | $139,030 | 2.9% |
| 74 | Daniel Noren | Ferris State University | $141,824 | $161,006 | -11.9% |
| 75 | Sheila MacEachron | Ferris State University | $140,972 | $135,332 | 4.2% |
| 76 | Stephen Locke | Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District | $140,453 | $114,843 | 22.3% |
| 77 | Stephen Wolfer | Ferris State University | $140,146 | $134,810 | 4% |
| 78 | Jeffrey Ek | Ferris State University | $135,857 | $134,175 | 1.3% |
| 79 | Timothy Haist | Big Rapids Public Schools | $133,159 | $121,451 | 9.6% |
| 80 | Gary Huey | Ferris State University | $128,766 | $123,180 | 4.5% |
| 81 | Benjamin Upham | Ferris State University | $128,625 | $130,231 | -1.2% |
| 82 | Paul Jackson | Ferris State University | $122,240 | $113,069 | 8.1% |
| 83 | Michael Grover | Chippewa Hills School District | $120,035 | $113,640 | 5.6% |
| 84 | Roberta Teahen | Ferris State University | $119,279 | $182,077 | -34.5% |
| 85 | Frederick Heck | Ferris State University | $118,165 | $109,030 | 8.4% |
| 86 | Julie Ward | Ferris State University | $116,747 | $122,632 | -4.8% |
| 87 | David Durkee | Ferris State University | $115,789 | $112,670 | 2.8% |
| 88 | Robert Barnum | Ferris State University | $114,323 | $112,171 | 1.9% |
| 89 | Roger Cole | Morley-Stanwood Community School | $114,000 | $106,000 | 7.5% |
| 90 | Mark Klumpp | Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District | $111,869 | $115,294 | -3% |
| 91 | David Murray | Ferris State University | $109,688 | $121,632 | -9.8% |
| 92 | Tyrone Collins | Ferris State University | $108,319 | $106,606 | 1.6% |
| 93 | Ann Breitenwischer | Ferris State University | $107,102 | $105,389 | 1.6% |
| 94 | Rexford Billings | Ferris State University | $106,599 | $103,191 | 3.3% |
| 95 | Kimberly Tufnell | Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District | $104,602 | $101,408 | 3.1% |
| 96 | David Steffens | Ferris State University | $104,460 | $102,905 | 1.5% |
| 97 | Deborah Tyson | Big Rapids Public Schools | $104,194 | $99,497 | 4.7% |
| 98 | Dawn Fox | Ferris State University | $103,674 | $93,281 | 11.1% |
| 99 | Michelle Newman | Chippewa Hills School District | $102,413 | $95,508 | 7.2% |
| 100 | Ronald Pincumbe | Big Rapids Public Schools | $101,145 | $96,604 | 4.7% |
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