Trotter's committee spent the most on contractual- in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,000) going to Kerry Stinson in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Trotter's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Contractual-
$3,000
7.3%
Utilities
$2,437
5.9%
Accounting fees and consulting
$1,820
4.4%
Printing
$1,700
4.1%
Car repair
$1,568
3.8%
Flowers-constituent funerals
$1,550
3.8%
Rent
$1,525
3.7%
Election day campaign coordinator
$1,500
3.7%
Contractual-snow svcs and removal
$1,500
3.7%
Campaign work field and township coordination
$1,500
3.7%
Cell phone svs
$1,434
3.5%
Office cleanup
$1,400
3.4%
Lodging-nbcsl conf. new orleans
$1,394
3.4%
Campaign fieldwork and consulting
$1,000
2.4%
Campaign work
$950
2.3%
Printing-palm card
$925
2.3%
Lodging - staff nbcsl conf.
$920
2.2%
Food-office holiday party
$900
2.2%
Donation-ad mlk program
$900
2.2%
Fundraiser-entertaintment
$800
2%
Campaign election day work
$800
2%
Accounting fees
$750
1.8%
Office equipment
$722
1.8%
Telephone svcs
$651
1.6%
Office cleanup and campaign wk
$630
1.5%
Printing-fundraiser
$600
1.5%
Contractual expenses
$600
1.5%
Lodging-cca conf. new orleans
$580
1.4%
Air fare - staff nbcsl conf.
$539
1.3%
Donations
$500
1.2%
Campaign staff and fieldwork
$450
1.1%
Lodging-nbcsl exec mtg baltimore
$443
1.1%
Office supplies
$422
1%
Donation- christmas giveaway drive
$400
1%
Air fare- nbcsl conf. new orleans
$370
0.9%
Office party food
$360
0.9%
Air fare- nbcsl exec mtg balltimore
$317
0.8%
Office suppllies-copier paper
$302
0.7%
Fund raising - giveaway
$289
0.7%
Airfare-cca conf. san francisco
$287
0.7%
Campaign staff mtg dinner meal
$286
0.7%
Computer software
$278
0.7%
Donation-ad
$250
0.6%
Fundraiser giveaways
$224
0.6%
Meals-campaign staff mtg
$223
0.5%
Nbcsl membership
$217
0.5%
Car rental-
$210
0.5%
Campaign staff meals
$203
0.5%
Lodging-springfield mtg
$166
0.4%
Meals-cca conf. san francison
$162
0.4%
Meals-constiuent mtg
$85
0.2%
Meals-staff mtg
$40
0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Kerry Stinson
2016-12-06
$3,000
Contractual-
Earl J. Bell
2016-12-13
$1,820
Accounting fees and consulting
D.C. Mad Hatter
2016-10-18
$1,700
Printing
Earl J. Bell
2016-11-08
$1,500
Election day campaign coordinator
ComEd
2016-10-19
$1,500
Utilities
Kevin Stinson
2016-12-06
$1,500
Contractual-snow svcs and removal
Kevin Stinson
2016-11-08
$1,500
Campaign work field and township coordination
Ritz Carlton Hotel
2016-12-05
$1,394
Lodging-nbcsl conf. new orleans
Natatia Gordon
2016-10-24
$1,000
Campaign fieldwork and consulting
Firestone
2016-10-11
$928
Car repair
Breaker Press Co
2016-11-03
$925
Printing-palm card
Ritz Carlton Hotel
2016-11-28
$920
Lodging - staff nbcsl conf.
American Accord Food Corp.
2016-12-18
$900
Food-office holiday party
Ideal Education Foundation
2016-11-25
$900
Donation-ad mlk program
Ari Brown
2016-10-20
$800
Fundraiser-entertaintment
Majestic Florist
2016-12-16
$800
Flowers-constituent funerals
Majestic Florist
2016-10-06
$750
Flowers-constituent funerals
George Townes
2016-12-27
$750
Accounting fees
Sears, Roebuck And Co.
2016-12-08
$722
Office equipment
Lee's Car Service
2016-12-15
$640
Car repair
Joseph Stinson
2016-10-26
$630
Office cleanup and campaign wk
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co
2016-11-25
$603
Utilities
Keith Caldwell
2016-10-14
$600
Printing-fundraiser
Kevin Stinson
2016-11-14
$550
Office cleanup
Nickell Properties
2016-12-28
$525
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