Burke's committee spent the most on contractual expenses in the quarter, with all those payments ($10,000) going to Haymarket, The Group in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Burke's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Contractual expenses
$10,000
22.1%
Postage
$4,680
10.3%
Services
$4,303
9.5%
Car payment
$3,983
8.8%
Insurance
$3,650
8.1%
Taxes
$3,391
7.5%
Utilities
$2,886
6.4%
Rent
$2,750
6.1%
Printing
$2,109
4.7%
Car repair
$1,222
2.7%
Accounting fees
$1,180
2.6%
Newspaper advertising
$1,134
2.5%
Cleaning
$750
1.7%
Office cleaning
$600
1.3%
Water
$583
1.3%
Lunch
$548
1.2%
Subscriptions
$300
0.7%
Sponsorships
$250
0.6%
Supplies
$240
0.5%
Driveway permits
$200
0.4%
Check printing
$185
0.4%
Election day expenses
$112
0.3%
Election expense
$110
0.2%
Election
$75
0.2%
Fees
$9
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Haymarket, The Group
2016-08-15
$10,000
Contractual expenses
Reserve Account
2016-09-08
$3,000
Postage
Merrimack Mutual Insurance
2016-07-13
$2,286
Insurance
Cook County Collector
2016-07-13
$1,393
Taxes
Pitney Bowes Global Financial Services
2016-08-24
$1,337
Postage
Cook County Collector
2016-07-13
$1,323
Taxes
Gillespie Ford
2016-09-21
$1,222
Car repair
Burke, P.c., Edward
2016-07-01
$1,100
Rent
Selena Rodriguez
2016-08-25
$1,007
Services
Cristian Coreas
2016-07-26
$970
Services
Rider Dickerson
2016-07-05
$930
Printing
Cristian Coreas
2016-08-25
$890
Services
Rider Dickerson, Inc.
2016-09-21
$834
Printing
Donna Para
2016-08-31
$750
Cleaning
Comed
2016-09-07
$714
Utilities
Comed
2016-08-08
$700
Utilities
State Farm Insurance
2016-09-21
$656
Insurance
Comed
2016-07-13
$642
Utilities
Donna Para
2016-08-04
$600
Office cleaning
Mcguire, Cpa, Thomas J
2016-07-01
$590
Accounting fees
Mcguire, Cpa, Thomas J
2016-08-31
$590
Accounting fees
Ally
2016-08-31
$588
Car payment
Ally
2016-07-01
$588
Car payment
Ally
2016-08-03
$588
Car payment
State Farm Insurance
2016-09-21
$562
Insurance