Burke's committee spent the most on printing in the quarter, with 95.7% of this total ($10,979) going to Rider Dickerson in Bellwood. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Burke's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing
$11,467
17.5%
Contractual expenses
$10,000
15.3%
Donations
$5,980
9.1%
Election day workers
$5,463
8.3%
Services
$4,226
6.5%
Insurance
$3,638
5.6%
Postage
$3,000
4.6%
Car payment
$2,873
4.4%
Utilities
$2,831
4.3%
Dinner
$2,764
4.2%
Candy
$1,658
2.5%
Lease payments
$1,337
2%
Accounting fees
$1,210
1.9%
Events
$1,146
1.8%
Rent
$1,100
1.7%
Election day expenses
$949
1.5%
Water
$945
1.4%
Telephones
$848
1.3%
Field work
$802
1.2%
Table
$800
1.2%
Computer - maintenance
$654
1%
Entertainment
$500
0.8%
Newspaper advertising
$411
0.6%
Subscriptions
$225
0.3%
License plate
$224
0.3%
Supplies
$213
0.3%
Ad books
$100
0.2%
Senior party
$100
0.2%
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
Haymarket, The Group
2016-10-05
$10,000
Contractual expenses
Rider Dickerson
2016-12-21
$6,975
Printing
Rider Dickerson
2016-11-09
$4,004
Printing
Reserve Account
2016-10-27
$3,000
Postage
St. Rita High School
2016-10-11
$3,000
Donations
Polish Highlanders
2016-11-17
$2,764
Dinner
Merrimack Mutual Insurance
2016-10-26
$2,291
Insurance
Cupid Candies
2016-10-31
$1,658
Candy
Mavco Insurance Agency
2016-12-07
$1,347
Insurance
Pitney Bowes Global Financial Services
2016-11-22
$1,337
Lease payments
Selena Rodriguez
2016-12-29
$1,298
Services
Brother Rice High School
2016-10-11
$1,000
Donations
St. Rita High School
2016-10-11
$1,000
Donations
Selena Rodriguez
2016-10-06
$979
Services
Polish Highlanders
2016-11-17
$896
Events
Terry Austin
2016-11-14
$876
Election day workers
Selena Rodriguez
2016-11-01
$858
Services
Selena Rodriguez
2016-11-30
$841
Services
Travis Burke
2016-12-21
$802
Field work
Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation
2016-11-17
$800
Table
Catholic Extension Society
2016-11-19
$750
Donations
Peoples Gas
2016-12-13
$740
Utilities
MTS Chicago, Inc.
2016-10-01
$654
Computer - maintenance
Comed
2016-10-06
$650
Utilities
Mcguire, Cpa, Thomas J
2016-12-13
$620
Accounting fees
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