Fortner's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($2,000) going to Joan M. Etten, LLC in Park Ridge. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Fortner's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$2,000
66.4%
Cell phones
$464
15.4%
Telephones
$376
12.5%
Dues
$170
5.7%
Table 2 below shows the top 9 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Joan M. Etten, LLC
2017-02-06
$2,000
Consulting
At&t
2017-01-24
$223
Telephones
Verizon Wireless
2017-01-28
$197
Cell phones
St. Charles Chamber of Commerce
2017-01-28
$170
Dues
Verizon Wireless
2017-03-15
$159
Cell phones
Verizon Wireless
2017-02-15
$107
Cell phones
At&t
2017-02-27
$70
Telephones
At&t
2017-03-28
$70
Telephones
At&t
2017-03-08
$13
Telephones