Sawyer's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($6,185) going to Progressive Solutions in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Sawyer's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$6,185
18.7%
Payroll
$5,787
17.5%
Food
$3,149
9.5%
Fund raising - expense
$2,359
7.1%
Fund raising (food)
$2,189
6.6%
Utilities
$2,094
6.3%
Telecom system
$1,675
5.1%
Rent
$1,500
4.5%
Cell phones
$1,042
3.2%
Taxes - federal and state
$1,039
3.1%
Payroll services
$738
2.2%
Computer software
$689
2.1%
Phone system wiring
$629
1.9%
Taxes - federal
$504
1.5%
Donations
$500
1.5%
Insurance
$461
1.4%
Office maintenance
$435
1.3%
Election day expenses
$345
1%
Promotional items
$268
0.8%
Raffle prizes
$250
0.8%
Advertising - text messaging
$239
0.7%
Phone services
$230
0.7%
Disc jockey
$200
0.6%
Processing fees
$197
0.6%
Taxes - federal & state
$173
0.5%
Contractual expenses
$150
0.5%
Equipment - purchase
$25
< 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
Progressive Solutions
2016-12-08
$6,185
Consulting
Kimbark Beverage Shoppe
2016-12-06
$2,359
Fund raising - expense
The National
2016-10-21
$2,189
Fund raising (food)
Hot of the Racks Catering, Inc.
2016-11-17
$1,780
Food
PMGraphics
2016-12-14
$1,675
Telecom system
Comcast Cable
2016-10-28
$828
Utilities
Shedrick Sawyer
2016-10-13
$826
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2016-10-31
$826
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2016-11-15
$826
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2016-11-30
$826
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2016-12-15
$826
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2016-12-29
$826
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2016-10-01
$826
Payroll
Eastlake Management Group
2016-11-02
$750
Rent
Eastlake Management Group
2016-12-05
$750
Rent
Verizon Wireless
2016-12-02
$697
Cell phones
ComEd
2016-12-14
$649
Utilities
Donald Lynch
2016-10-20
$629
Phone system wiring
Comcast Cable
2016-12-14
$615
Utilities
Hot of the Racks Catering, Inc.
2016-10-19
$450
Food
NGP VAN, Inc (RoboCall)
2016-12-02
$450
Computer software
Verizon Wireless
2016-10-24
$345
Cell phones
A & S Food & Liquor
2016-11-08
$331
Election day expenses
Hot of the Racks Catering, Inc.
2016-11-10
$319
Food
Hot of the Racks Catering, Inc.
2016-12-05
$300
Food
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