West Central Michigan News

Allison Royston earned $63,632 in 2019, 6.3 percent more than the previous year, working as a public employee in Mecosta County, according to the Michigan Government Salaries Database.

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.

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%