How did Brendan Reilly spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Apr 7, 2017

Non partisan Brendan Reilly's election campaign committee, Citizens for Alderman Reilly, spent $116,366 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Reilly's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 75.7% of this total ($30,000) going to LBH Chicago, LLC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Reilly's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Consulting

$39,644

34.1%

Staff

$18,000

15.5%

Rent

$12,537

10.8%

Phones

$9,748

8.4%

Parade supplies

$5,374

4.6%

Printing

$5,304

4.6%

Phone bank expenses

$4,210

3.6%

Fees

$3,053

2.6%

Insurance

$2,675

2.3%

Taxes

$2,487

2.1%

Holiday gifts

$2,316

Event expenses

$1,709

1.5%

Contributions

$1,500

1.3%

Meetings

$1,244

1.1%

Database expenses

$915

0.8%

Transportation

$898

0.8%

Electricity

$786

0.7%

Payroll

$658

0.6%

Storage

$647

0.6%

Photography

$600

0.5%

Subscriptions

$500

0.4%

Maintenance

$457

0.4%

Charitable contribution

$300

0.3%

Parking

$259

0.2%

Meal

$219

0.2%

Dessert

$163

0.1%

Supplies

$154

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

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-01-17

$5,000

Consulting

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-02-01

$5,000

Consulting

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-02-17

$5,000

Consulting

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-03-01

$5,000

Consulting

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-03-17

$5,000

Consulting

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-03-31

$5,000

Consulting

Golden Incentives

2017-03-20

$4,938

Parade supplies

372 W Ontario Limited Partnership

2017-01-01

$4,179

Rent

372 W Ontario Limited Partnership

2017-02-15

$4,179

Rent

372 W Ontario Limited Partnership

2017-03-01

$4,179

Rent

Matthew Cain

2017-03-20

$2,550

Consulting

At&t

2017-02-13

$2,495

Phones

At&t

2017-03-01

$2,388

Phones

Whimsical Candy

2017-01-06

$2,316

Holiday gifts

Breaker Press Co., Inc.

2017-03-20

$2,189

Printing

MSI Consulting, Inc.

2017-02-13

$2,104

Consulting

Breaker Press Co., Inc.

2017-01-06

$1,993

Printing

At&t

2017-01-06

$1,698

Phones

Matthew Cain

2017-01-30

$1,600

Consulting

Matthew Cain

2017-02-13

$1,600

Consulting

Matthew Cain

2017-03-01

$1,600

Consulting

Erin Baumann

2017-01-17

$1,500

Staff

Erin Baumann

2017-02-01

$1,500

Staff

Erin Baumann

2017-02-17

$1,500

Staff

Erin Baumann

2017-03-01

$1,500

Staff

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