Burke's committee spent the most on holiday party in the quarter, with all those payments ($11,855) going to Beverly Country Club in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Burke's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Holiday party
$11,855
22.5%
Printing
$10,768
20.4%
Utilities
$4,413
8.4%
Election day expenses
$4,192
7.9%
Taxes
$3,804
7.2%
Services
$3,326
6.3%
Car payment
$2,873
5.4%
Insurance
$2,291
4.3%
Rent
$2,200
4.2%
Postage
$1,312
2.5%
Newspaper advertising
$1,042
2%
Telephones
$1,040
2%
Water
$804
1.5%
Snow removal
$600
1.1%
Furnace repairs
$503
1%
Donations
$500
1%
Plumbing repairs
$482
0.9%
Supplies
$341
0.7%
Subscriptions
$243
0.5%
Gasoline
$174
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
Beverly Country Club
2018-01-16
$11,855
Holiday party
Fuse
2018-01-11
$5,294
Printing
Merrimack Mutual Insurance
2018-01-23
$2,291
Insurance
Fuse
2018-03-07
$1,603
Printing
Cupid Candies
2018-03-18
$1,587
Election day expenses
Cook County Collector
2018-02-08
$1,506
Taxes
Selena Rodriguez
2018-01-31
$1,500
Services
Cook County Collector
2018-02-08
$1,432
Taxes
Pitney Bowes Global Financial Services
2018-02-21
$1,312
Postage
Peoples Gas
2018-02-01
$1,284
Utilities
Selena Rodriguez
2018-02-28
$1,092
Services
Fuse
2018-03-21
$1,027
Printing
Brighton Kelly Baseball
2018-02-22
$997
Printing
Danny's Pizza
2018-02-28
$930
Election day expenses
Peoples Gas
2018-03-07
$929
Utilities
Fuse
2018-02-07
$772
Printing
Peoples Gas
2018-01-03
$697
Utilities
Breaker Press
2018-03-07
$600
Printing
Scott, James Company
2018-02-15
$600
Snow removal
Ally
2018-03-07
$588
Car payment
Ally
2018-02-07
$588
Car payment
Ally
2018-01-03
$588
Car payment
Chicago Dept of Finance
2018-02-22
$579
Water
Ford Credit
2018-01-23
$554
Car payment
Ford Credit
2018-02-20
$554
Car payment
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