Sawyer's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($5,970) going to Progressive Solutions in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Sawyer's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$5,970
22.3%
Payroll
$4,963
18.5%
Contractual expenses
$3,550
13.2%
Rent
$3,000
11.2%
Utilities
$2,340
8.7%
Cell phones
$1,471
5.5%
Taxes - federal and state
$1,036
3.9%
Payroll services
$729
2.7%
Computer software
$689
2.6%
Donations
$625
2.3%
Food
$600
2.2%
Taxes - federal
$495
1.9%
Office supplies
$490
1.8%
Custodial services
$272
1%
Social media advertising
$239
0.9%
Phone services
$201
0.8%
Custodial service
$128
0.5%
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
Progressive Solutions
2017-01-27
$4,470
Consulting
Charles Sawyer, Jr.
2017-03-08
$3,300
Contractual expenses
Progressive Solutions
2017-03-14
$1,500
Consulting
Eastlake Management Group
2017-03-01
$1,000
Rent
Eastlake Management Group
2017-02-08
$1,000
Rent
Eastlake Management Group
2017-01-03
$1,000
Rent
Shedrick Sawyer
2017-02-28
$827
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2017-03-16
$827
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2017-01-12
$827
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2017-01-31
$827
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2017-02-15
$827
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2017-03-30
$827
Payroll
Verizon Wireless
2017-01-11
$760
Cell phones
Comcast Cable
2017-03-08
$595
Utilities
The Woodshop
2017-01-10
$490
Office supplies
Peoples Gas
2017-03-14
$478
Utilities
NGP VAN, Inc (RoboCall)
2017-02-24
$450
Computer software
ComEd
2017-03-08
$405
Utilities
Push Excel
2017-01-15
$375
Donations
Verizon Wireless
2017-03-17
$355
Cell phones
Verizon Wireless
2017-02-24
$355
Cell phones
Hot of the Racks Catering, Inc.
2017-02-08
$300
Food
Hot of the Racks Catering, Inc.
2017-03-09
$300
Food
Comcast Cable
2017-01-23
$293
Utilities
National MS Society
2017-03-23
$250
Donations
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