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

By Local Labs News Service

Oct 7, 2017

Non partisan Brendan Reilly's election campaign committee, Citizens for Alderman Reilly, spent $168,267 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Reilly's committee spent the most on staff in the quarter, with 18.8% of this total ($13,500) going to Gabrielle Hart in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Reilly's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Staff

$71,749

42.6%

Consulting

$32,327

19.2%

Rent

$18,307

10.9%

Phones

$10,167

Contribution refund

$10,000

5.9%

Taxes

$6,651

Fees

$3,673

2.2%

Insurance

$2,874

1.7%

K9s for cops charitable contribution

$2,500

1.5%

Transportation

$1,642

Meetings

$1,606

Electricity

$979

0.6%

Printing

$940

0.6%

Database expenses

$915

0.5%

Meal

$854

0.5%

Storage

$685

0.4%

Supplies

$663

0.4%

Payroll

$636

0.4%

Event expenses

$604

0.4%

Maintenance

$304

0.2%

Po box

$166

0.1%

Subscriptions

$15

< 0.1%

Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

Martha Donnelly

2017-09-18

$11,250

Staff

372 W Ontario Limited Partnership

2017-07-09

$8,995

Rent

At&t

2017-07-26

$5,353

Phones

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-07-17

$5,000

Consulting

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-08-01

$5,000

Consulting

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-08-17

$5,000

Consulting

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-09-01

$5,000

Consulting

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-09-15

$5,000

Consulting

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-09-29

$5,000

Consulting

372 W Ontario Limited Partnership

2017-08-15

$4,924

Rent

US Treasury

2017-09-29

$4,684

Taxes

372 W Ontario Limited Partnership

2017-09-01

$4,387

Rent

At&t

2017-09-07

$2,652

Phones

Bub City

2017-07-25

$2,500

Contribution refund

Hub 51

2017-07-25

$2,500

Contribution refund

RPM Italian

2017-07-25

$2,500

Contribution refund

RPM Steak

2017-07-25

$2,500

Contribution refund

The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation

2017-07-22

$2,500

K9s for cops charitable contribution

Gabrielle Hart

2017-07-17

$2,250

Staff

Gabrielle Hart

2017-08-01

$2,250

Staff

Gabrielle Hart

2017-08-17

$2,250

Staff

Gabrielle Hart

2017-09-01

$2,250

Staff

Gabrielle Hart

2017-09-15

$2,250

Staff

Gabrielle Hart

2017-09-29

$2,250

Staff

Robert Kearney

2017-07-17

$2,250

Staff

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