Waguespack's committee spent the most on research in the quarter, with all those payments ($27,500) going to Normington Petts & Associates in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Waguespack's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Research
$27,500
60.1%
Consulting
$5,000
10.9%
Donations
$3,200
7%
Mailing
$2,905
6.4%
Printing
$2,500
5.5%
Food
$1,566
3.4%
Staff bonus
$1,000
2.2%
Insurance
$468
1%
Email services
$334
0.7%
Newspaper advertising
$294
0.6%
Membership dues
$250
0.6%
Supplies
$203
0.4%
Gasoline
$178
0.4%
Office supplies
$174
0.4%
Website expenses
$150
0.3%
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
Normington Petts & Associates
2018-03-15
$27,500
Research
Caldwell Letter Service
2018-03-05
$2,905
Mailing
Progressive Solutions Consulting
2018-01-25
$2,500
Consulting
Progressive Solutions Consulting
2018-03-12
$2,500
Consulting
Sommer & Fahrenbach, Inc.
2018-03-13
$1,545
Printing
Honey Baked Ham & Cafe
2018-03-22
$1,419
Food
Sommer & Fahrenbach, Inc.
2018-01-23
$955
Printing
Friends of Burr School
2018-02-26
$500
Donations
Friends of Jahn
2018-03-05
$500
Donations
GROWCommunity
2018-03-12
$500
Donations
Hamlin Park Baseball Association Sponsorship
2018-03-02
$500
Donations
Prescott Elementary School
2018-03-02
$500
Donations
Purple Asparagus
2018-02-27
$500
Donations
Mary Slivon
2018-01-16
$500
Staff bonus
Mary Slivon
2018-02-14
$500
Staff bonus
American Standard Insurance Company
2018-03-19
$468
Insurance
Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce
2018-02-26
$250
Membership dues
F.e.e.d
2018-03-27
$200
Donations
J2 Associates, Inc./Lakeview Newspaper
2018-01-04
$196
Newspaper advertising
Costco Wholesale
2018-03-20
$146
Food
Menard's
2018-01-02
$122
Supplies
Constant Contact, Inc.
2018-01-16
$111
Email services
Constant Contact, Inc.
2018-02-14
$111
Email services
Constant Contact, Inc.
2018-03-14
$111
Email services
J2 Associates, Inc./Lakeview Newspaper
2018-03-15
$98
Newspaper advertising