Burke's committee spent the most on contractual expenses in the quarter, with all those payments ($10,000) going to Haymarket, The Group in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Burke's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Contractual expenses
$10,000
23.1%
Insurance
$3,533
8.2%
Car payment
$3,428
7.9%
Donations
$3,050
7.1%
Postage
$3,000
6.9%
Stadium rental
$3,000
6.9%
Utilities
$2,782
6.4%
Painting office
$2,190
5.1%
Rent
$1,650
3.8%
Newspaper advertising
$1,536
3.6%
Postage meter
$1,312
3%
Water
$1,157
2.7%
Services
$1,122
2.6%
Events
$1,117
2.6%
Supplies
$813
1.9%
Office cleaning
$750
1.7%
Election day expenses
$745
1.7%
Accounting fees
$630
1.5%
Entertainment
$500
1.2%
Subscriptions
$448
1%
Printing
$274
0.6%
Permits
$200
0.5%
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
Haymarket, The Group
2017-10-03
$10,000
Contractual expenses
Reserve Account
2017-11-02
$3,000
Postage
St. Rita High School
2017-10-19
$3,000
Stadium rental
Merrimack Mutual Insurance
2017-10-31
$2,291
Insurance
Restoration Associates
2017-12-12
$2,190
Painting office
Pitney Bowes Global Financial Services
2017-11-22
$1,312
Postage meter
Mavco Insurance Agency
2017-11-22
$1,242
Insurance
Burke, P.c., Edward
2017-10-31
$1,100
Rent
Marmion Academy
2017-10-19
$1,000
Donations
St. Rita High School
2017-10-19
$1,000
Donations
Peoples Gas
2017-12-07
$751
Utilities
Donna Para
2017-11-01
$750
Office cleaning
Mcguire, Cpa, Thomas J
2017-11-14
$630
Accounting fees
Travis Burke
2017-12-12
$618
Services
Plumbers, Chicago Journeymen LU 130
2017-10-03
$600
Events
Ally
2017-10-04
$588
Car payment
Ally
2017-11-02
$588
Car payment
Ally
2017-12-07
$588
Car payment
Ford Credit
2017-10-25
$554
Car payment
Ford Credit
2017-11-21
$554
Car payment
Ford Credit
2017-12-20
$554
Car payment
Comed
2017-10-05
$552
Utilities
Burke, P.c., Edward
2017-11-29
$550
Rent
Polish Highlanders
2017-11-01
$517
Events
City of Chicago - Dept. of Finance
2017-10-25
$509
Water
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