Fritchey's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 50% of this total ($2,500) going to New Chicago Consulting, LLC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Fritchey's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$5,000
36.3%
Salaries
$2,500
18.2%
Automobile
$1,056
7.7%
Software access
$960
7%
Phones
$807
5.9%
Email services
$752
5.5%
Meal for colleagues and staff
$521
3.8%
Donations
$450
3.3%
Meal
$442
3.2%
Merchant fees
$385
2.8%
Personal services
$300
2.2%
Printing
$258
1.9%
Advertising
$183
1.3%
Copies
$154
1.1%
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
Kara Highfill
2017-12-20
$2,500
Salaries
New Chicago Consulting, LLC
2017-10-18
$2,500
Consulting
Third Coast Research
2017-10-13
$2,500
Consulting
Ngp Van
2017-11-02
$960
Software access
Giordano's
2017-10-31
$521
Meal for colleagues and staff
Sage Payment Solutions
2017-10-02
$370
Merchant fees
Audi Financial Services
2017-10-17
$352
Automobile
Audi Financial Services
2017-11-17
$352
Automobile
Audi Financial Services
2017-12-15
$352
Automobile
Nicolos Fields
2017-11-13
$300
Personal services
AT&T Wireless
2017-10-26
$269
Phones
AT&T Wireless
2017-11-28
$269
Phones
AT&T Wireless
2017-10-04
$268
Phones
Consolidated Printing Company
2017-10-13
$258
Printing
Constant Contact
2017-10-02
$250
Email services
Constant Contact
2017-10-31
$250
Email services
Constant Contact
2017-11-30
$250
Email services
Urban Prep Academy
2017-12-01
$250
Donations
Actblue
2017-10-27
$150
Donations
Erie Cafe
2017-12-20
$137
Meal
Fedex
2017-10-30
$118
Copies
City Social
2017-10-16
$106
Meal
City Social
2017-10-02
$102
Meal
Erie Cafe
2017-10-27
$95
Meal
Facebook
2017-12-01
$80
Advertising