Dowell's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($2,500) going to Kurth Lampe Worldwide in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Dowell's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$2,500
15.4%
Promotional items
$2,113
13%
Donations
$1,800
11.1%
Insurance
$1,566
9.7%
Rent
$1,375
8.5%
Phones
$1,222
7.5%
Utilities
$921
5.7%
Accounting fees
$900
5.6%
Office supplies
$690
4.3%
Parking ticket
$500
3.1%
Gasoline
$496
3.1%
Food
$469
2.9%
Cell phones
$389
2.4%
Advertising
$384
2.4%
Security
$362
2.2%
Transportation
$186
1.2%
Flowers
$175
1.1%
Parking tickets
$150
0.9%
Service fee
$12
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Kurth Lampe Worldwide
2017-02-16
$2,500
Consulting
printable Promotions
2017-03-02
$2,113
Promotional items
Geico
2017-02-28
$1,566
Insurance
Quill Corporation
2017-01-19
$690
Office supplies
South Central Medical Center
2017-02-03
$687
Rent
South Central Medical Center
2017-03-01
$687
Rent
City of Chicago
2017-01-10
$500
Parking ticket
Croe
2017-02-07
$500
Donations
Josephine Wade
2017-03-13
$500
Donations
A T & T
2017-02-12
$394
Phones
Reliable Alarm System
2017-02-28
$362
Security
People Gas
2017-02-24
$353
Utilities
VFJ Enterprises
2017-02-22
$315
Food
Grants Financial Services
2017-01-12
$300
Accounting fees
Grants Financial Services
2017-02-09
$300
Accounting fees
Grants Financial Services
2017-03-03
$300
Accounting fees
A T & T
2017-03-01
$276
Phones
A T & T
2017-03-31
$276
Phones
A T & T
2017-01-31
$275
Phones
Hale's Franciscan Gen. Scholarship Fund
2017-03-16
$250
Donations
Wenworth District Advisory Council
2017-03-27
$250
Donations
BP_Welcome
2017-01-17
$249
Gasoline
People Gas
2017-01-09
$236
Utilities
Cbtu
2017-03-16
$200
Donations
BP Amoco Gas Station
2017-01-30
$199
Gasoline
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