LaVia's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($2,100) going to Andrew Williames in Sugar Grove. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how LaVia's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$2,100
20.9%
Interest payment
$2,067
20.6%
Campaign work
$1,390
13.8%
Campaign software
$1,274
12.7%
Cell phones
$927
9.2%
Meetings
$899
9%
Donations
$500
5%
Hotel stay
$360
3.6%
Postage
$330
3.3%
Supplies
$197
2%
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
Andrew Williames
2017-10-03
$2,100
Consulting
American Express
2017-12-26
$1,000
Interest payment
American Express
2017-10-10
$1,000
Interest payment
NGP Van, Inc.
2017-10-03
$960
Campaign software
Steff Perez
2017-11-13
$700
Campaign work
LULAC Council of Aurora
2017-10-10
$500
Donations
T-Mobile
2017-10-26
$365
Cell phones
T-Mobile
2017-12-26
$292
Cell phones
U.S. Postal Service
2017-12-12
$276
Postage
T-Mobile
2017-11-27
$269
Cell phones
Spartan House
2017-12-18
$260
Meetings
Lilian Perry
2017-12-14
$250
Campaign work
Las Playeritas
2017-11-21
$241
Meetings
Steff Perez
2017-10-03
$240
Campaign work
Black Door Pub
2017-11-08
$200
Meetings
Barbara Hernandez
2017-12-14
$200
Campaign work
Chama Gaucha
2017-11-27
$198
Meetings
Inn at 835
2017-10-26
$185
Hotel stay
Inn at 835
2017-10-16
$175
Hotel stay
Dollar Tree
2017-12-06
$126
Supplies
VoteBuilder Program
2017-12-26
$77
Campaign software
American Express
2017-10-26
$67
Interest payment
VoteBuilder Program
2017-11-06
$62
Campaign software
Dollar Tree
2017-11-28
$55
Supplies
U.S. Postal Service
2017-11-20
$53
Postage