Arena's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 65.1% of this total ($6,419) going to Progressive Solutions LLC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Arena's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$9,856
66.8%
Staff
$1,875
12.7%
Database expenses
$960
6.5%
Popcorn maker
$472
3.2%
Donations
$369
2.5%
Food for meeting
$220
1.5%
Credit card processing
$210
1.4%
Travel
$193
1.3%
Web hosting
$191
1.3%
Supplies
$167
1.1%
Office supplies
$125
0.9%
Cleaning supplies
$58
0.4%
Event expenses
$28
0.2%
Travel expenses
$25
0.2%
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
JKV Strategies
2017-09-27
$3,437
Consulting
Progressive Solutions LLC
2017-09-21
$3,419
Consulting
Progressive Solutions LLC
2017-07-16
$3,000
Consulting
Steven Spagnolo
2017-07-25
$625
Staff
Steven Spagnolo
2017-08-08
$625
Staff
Steven Spagnolo
2017-08-16
$625
Staff
Restaurant Depot
2017-08-28
$472
Popcorn maker
Ngp
2017-07-03
$320
Database expenses
Ngp
2017-08-02
$320
Database expenses
Ngp
2017-09-05
$320
Database expenses
17th District
2017-07-31
$200
Donations
GoDaddy
2017-09-06
$191
Web hosting
Dunham Park Girls Softball Association
2017-07-21
$169
Donations
American Airlines
2017-07-25
$168
Travel
Costco
2017-08-04
$125
Office supplies
ActBlue
2017-09-21
$123
Credit card processing
Home Depot
2017-09-21
$111
Supplies
La Villa Pizza
2017-07-03
$78
Food for meeting
ActBlue
2017-09-16
$76
Credit card processing
Home Depot
2017-08-28
$58
Cleaning supplies
La Villa Pizza
2017-07-16
$57
Food for meeting
Restaurant Depot
2017-08-28
$56
Supplies
La Villa Pizza
2017-08-16
$42
Food for meeting
La Villa Pizza
2017-08-04
$42
Food for meeting
Costco
2017-07-07
$28
Event expenses
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