Sims's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 48.3% of this total ($14,956) going to Baxter Swilley in Evanston. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Sims's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$30,976
40.2%
Production media expenses
$26,295
34.1%
Printing
$7,812
10.1%
Donations
$3,150
4.1%
Legal fees
$2,871
3.7%
Election day food
$1,004
1.3%
Catering
$980
1.3%
Supplies
$876
1.1%
Phone services
$617
0.8%
Donation womens day
$500
0.7%
Reimbursement / amazon supplies
$400
0.5%
Reimbursement wolf bakery community event
$350
0.5%
Equipment rental
$247
0.3%
Business checks reorder
$211
0.3%
Election food
$210
0.3%
Donation photo
$200
0.3%
Sprint cellular
$100
0.1%
Reimbursement sprint cellular
$96
0.1%
Reimbursement sprint
$95
0.1%
Reimbursement office cleaning
$75
0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Daniel Ashley
2018-03-28
$12,000
Production media expenses
Baxter Swilley
2018-03-01
$7,716
Consulting
Grace Printing
2018-03-13
$6,800
Printing
Kjd
2018-03-28
$5,500
Consulting
Baxter Swilley
2018-03-07
$5,500
Consulting
Kjd
2018-02-06
$5,000
Consulting
Government Solutions
2018-03-06
$3,725
Production media expenses
Government Solutions
2018-02-06
$3,125
Consulting
Government Solutions
2018-03-03
$2,950
Production media expenses
Outfront
2018-02-26
$2,200
Production media expenses
Vicky White Catering
2018-03-28
$1,800
Donations
Aeria Charles
2018-03-06
$1,500
Consulting
Baxter Swilley
2018-01-23
$1,265
Consulting
Government Solutions
2018-03-17
$1,075
Production media expenses
Chi Town Printing
2018-02-28
$1,045
Production media expenses
Breaker Press Co
2018-01-26
$1,012
Printing
Schaul's Signature Foods
2018-03-20
$1,004
Election day food
Anthony Bass
2018-02-01
$1,000
Legal fees
Joseph Mahr
2018-01-04
$912
Legal fees
Taylor Media
2018-01-26
$850
Production media expenses
Taylor Media
2018-02-23
$700
Production media expenses
Larry Nelson
2018-01-03
$550
Consulting
Croe
2018-02-18
$500
Donations
South Suburban College
2018-03-12
$500
Donation womens day
Taylor Media
2018-03-23
$500
Production media expenses
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