Smith's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($9,000) going to KNI Inc in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Smith's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$9,000
30.8%
Manage donor contact and research, plan events
$4,500
15.4%
Transportation
$3,271
11.2%
Payroll
$2,980
10.2%
Tech services
$2,650
9.1%
Real estate taxes
$2,230
7.6%
Payroll taxes
$1,599
5.5%
Cc processing fees
$711
2.4%
Cc processing fee
$544
1.9%
Returned contributions
$500
1.7%
Office services
$408
1.4%
Holiday trees for senior homes
$325
1.1%
Payroll processing fees
$310
1.1%
Gratuity
$200
0.7%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Andrew Peters
2017-11-04
$4,500
Manage donor contact and research, plan events
KNI Inc
2017-10-30
$3,000
Consulting
KNI Inc
2017-11-28
$3,000
Consulting
KNI Inc
2017-12-27
$3,000
Consulting
American Consolidated Transportation
2017-10-30
$2,571
Transportation
Caron Thomas
2017-10-31
$1,298
Payroll
NGP Software
2017-11-01
$960
Tech services
Adam J. Velarde
2017-10-25
$743
Real estate taxes
Adam J. Velarde
2017-11-25
$743
Real estate taxes
Adam J. Velarde
2017-12-25
$743
Real estate taxes
Sage Payment Solutions
2017-10-02
$711
Cc processing fees
Spirit Tours, Inc
2017-10-04
$700
Transportation
Department of the Treasury
2017-10-31
$629
Payroll taxes
Caron Thomas
2017-11-30
$617
Payroll
Kyle Rockey
2017-10-10
$500
Returned contributions
UPS Store 1053
2017-12-05
$408
Office services
Department of the Treasury
2017-11-30
$355
Payroll taxes
Mary Stich-Marcus
2017-10-31
$354
Payroll
Mary Stich-Marcus
2017-11-30
$354
Payroll
Mary Stich-Marcus
2017-12-29
$354
Payroll
The Main Event
2017-12-11
$325
Holiday trees for senior homes
NGP Software
2017-10-01
$300
Tech services
Sage Payment Solutions
2017-12-04
$283
Cc processing fee
Sage Payment Solutions
2017-11-02
$261
Cc processing fee
Illinois Department of Revenue
2017-10-31
$252
Payroll taxes
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