Sims's committee spent the most on auto services in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,089) going to JPM Auto in New York. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Sims's committee spent its money in the second quarter.
Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Auto services
$3,089
22.1%
Travel, office equipment and supplies
$1,694
12.1%
Personal services for friends of elgie sims
$1,418
10.1%
Gasoline
$1,098
7.8%
Hotel & lodging services
$1,068
7.6%
Office equipment
$1,055
7.5%
Telephone and internet services
$893
6.4%
Travel expenses
$788
5.6%
Computer software services
$690
4.9%
Storage services
$552
3.9%
Office supplies/equipment
$403
2.9%
Conference registration
$375
2.7%
Transportation services
$272
1.9%
Golf outing expenses
$235
1.7%
Computer services
$195
1.4%
Flowers - charitable donations
$169
1.2%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
American Express
2016-05-09
$1,694
Travel, office equipment and supplies
Best Buy
2016-06-01
$1,055
Office equipment
JPM Auto
2016-04-05
$1,029
Auto services
JPM Auto
2016-05-03
$1,029
Auto services
JPM Auto
2016-06-03
$1,029
Auto services
Southwest Airlines
2016-05-24
$788
Travel expenses
Wyndham Springfield
2016-04-19
$730
Hotel & lodging services
Alfred AJ Burse
2016-05-18
$650
Personal services for friends of elgie sims
Darren Martin
2016-04-19
$450
Personal services for friends of elgie sims
CSG Midwest
2016-05-11
$375
Conference registration
Club Quarters Hotel
2016-05-24
$338
Hotel & lodging services
Earl Bell
2016-06-13
$318
Personal services for friends of elgie sims
Enterprise Holdings, Inc. PAC
2016-04-10
$272
Transportation services
Staples
2016-06-12
$244
Office supplies/equipment
Ross Stores
2016-06-10
$235
Golf outing expenses
Ngp Van
2016-04-04
$230
Computer software services
Ngp Van
2016-05-01
$230
Computer software services
Ngp Van
2016-06-01
$230
Computer software services
Comcast
2016-04-04
$195
Computer services
Comcast
2016-05-04
$195
Telephone and internet services
Comcast
2016-06-03
$195
Telephone and internet services
Public Storage
2016-04-04
$184
Storage services
Public Storage
2016-05-03
$184
Storage services
Public Storage
2016-06-03
$184
Storage services
1-800-Flowers.com
2016-04-27
$169
Flowers - charitable donations