Sims's committee spent the most on personal services for friends of elgie sims in the quarter, with 89.6% of this total ($4,300) going to Campaign workers in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Sims's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Personal services for friends of elgie sims
$4,800
32.1%
Operating expenditures
$2,580
17.3%
Office supplies/equipment
$1,936
13%
Transportation services
$1,029
6.9%
Mail services
$1,000
6.7%
Uncategorized expenses
$888
5.9%
Meals
$600
4%
Travel expenses
$553
3.7%
Phone and internet services
$523
3.5%
Charitable donation
$250
1.7%
Donations
$250
1.7%
Computer software services
$230
1.5%
Telephone and internet services
$195
1.3%
Travel
$64
0.4%
Parking services
$51
0.3%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Campaign workers
2016-03-15
$3,500
Personal services for friends of elgie sims
Costco Wholesale
2016-01-19
$1,648
Operating expenditures
Best Buy
2016-03-11
$1,141
Office supplies/equipment
JPM Auto
2016-03-03
$1,029
Transportation services
US Postmaster General
2016-03-08
$1,000
Mail services
Chicago Football Classic
2016-02-23
$600
Meals
Campaign workers
2016-02-17
$500
Personal services for friends of elgie sims
Penny Tillman
2016-01-13
$500
Personal services for friends of elgie sims
Comcast
2016-01-15
$393
Uncategorized expenses
Verizon Wireless
2016-02-25
$356
Phone and internet services
CMS Trophies
2016-02-19
$333
Operating expenditures
Michaels Store
2016-01-22
$332
Office supplies/equipment
Campaign workers
2016-01-28
$300
Personal services for friends of elgie sims
Quill Corporation
2016-01-28
$292
Office supplies/equipment
St. Luke MBC
2016-02-22
$250
Charitable donation
St. Luke MBC
2016-03-14
$250
Donations
Ngp Van
2016-01-06
$230
Uncategorized expenses
Ngp Van
2016-02-02
$230
Operating expenditures
Ngp Van
2016-03-02
$230
Computer software services
Public Storage
2016-01-19
$220
Uncategorized expenses
Comcast
2016-03-07
$195
Telephone and internet services
Public Storage
2016-02-04
$184
Operating expenditures
Public Storage
2016-03-03
$184
Operating expenditures
Verizon Wireless
2016-03-22
$167
Phone and internet services
Michaels Store
2016-01-20
$137
Office supplies/equipment
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