Sawyer's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($6,481) going to Progressive Solutions in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Sawyer's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$6,481
22.4%
Payroll
$5,648
19.6%
Contractual expenses
$3,063
10.6%
Rent
$3,000
10.4%
Utilities
$1,716
5.9%
Cell phones
$1,329
4.6%
Taxes - federal and state
$1,179
4.1%
Tickets
$985
3.4%
Computer software
$975
3.4%
Fund raising - dj
$926
3.2%
Payroll services
$766
2.7%
Food
$700
2.4%
Taxes - federal
$544
1.9%
Office maintenance
$528
1.8%
Snow removal
$320
1.1%
Telephones - wiring
$272
0.9%
Advertising
$239
0.8%
Phone services
$218
0.8%
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
Progressive Solutions
2018-02-05
$3,481
Consulting
Charles Sawyer, Jr.
2018-01-11
$1,516
Contractual expenses
Progressive Solutions
2018-01-11
$1,500
Consulting
Progressive Solutions
2018-03-01
$1,500
Consulting
Wayne Lewis
2018-01-11
$1,250
Contractual expenses
Eastlake Management Group
2018-01-02
$1,000
Rent
Eastlake Management Group
2018-03-01
$1,000
Rent
Eastlake Management Group
2018-02-01
$1,000
Rent
City Club of Chicago
2018-02-07
$985
Tickets
Shedrick Sawyer
2018-02-28
$943
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2018-03-29
$943
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2018-02-15
$943
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2018-03-23
$943
Payroll
Eric Boolu Master Wills
2018-03-30
$926
Fund raising - dj
Shedrick Sawyer
2018-01-31
$830
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2018-01-12
$816
Payroll
NGP VAN, Inc (RoboCall)
2018-01-03
$675
Computer software
Verizon Wireless
2018-01-24
$610
Cell phones
Verizon Wireless
2018-03-23
$359
Cell phones
Verizon Wireless
2018-02-26
$359
Cell phones
Hot of the Racks Catering, Inc.
2018-02-01
$350
Food
Hot of the Racks Catering, Inc.
2018-03-12
$350
Food
Mark Sledge
2018-02-12
$320
Snow removal
Comcast Cable
2018-02-26
$303
Utilities
Peoples Gas
2018-01-29
$303
Utilities