Mell's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($4,245) going to Progressive Solutions LLC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mell's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$4,245
44.7%
Event expenses
$2,130
22.4%
Credit card processing fees
$986
10.4%
Donations
$900
9.5%
Printing
$540
5.7%
Telephones
$283
3%
Email services
$201
2.1%
Credit card processing
$116
1.2%
Email system
$100
1.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 17 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Progressive Solutions LLC
2016-03-02
$4,245
Consulting
Brasserie by LM
2016-02-19
$2,130
Event expenses
ActBlue
2016-01-24
$960
Credit card processing fees
Equality Illinois
2016-01-25
$700
Donations
Breaker Press
2016-03-02
$540
Printing
Roosevelt High School
2016-02-24
$200
Donations
At&t
2016-01-08
$131
Telephones
Constant Contact
2016-01-19
$100
Email services
Constant Contact
2016-03-21
$100
Email services
Constant Contact
2016-02-19
$100
Email system
ActBlue
2016-02-21
$88
Credit card processing
At&t
2016-03-10
$75
Telephones
At&t
2016-02-09
$75
Telephones
ActBlue
2016-02-07
$23
Credit card processing
ActBlue
2016-01-24
$19
Credit card processing fees
ActBlue
2016-01-31
$5
Credit card processing fees
ActBlue
2016-03-06
$3
Credit card processing
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