Stephens's committee spent the most on loan repay in the quarter, with all those payments ($70,000) going to Parkway Bank and Trust in Harwood Hts.. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Stephens's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Loan repay
$70,000
50.4%
Holiday gifts for constituents
$32,500
23.4%
Retirement bonus
$10,000
7.2%
Office furniture
$5,360
3.9%
Legal fees
$4,651
3.4%
Closing fees for sale of investment
$3,532
2.5%
Donations
$2,900
2.1%
3 month rent
$2,250
1.6%
Fine from october 18th hearing
$1,670
1.2%
Fine for late a1 report
$1,250
0.9%
Flowers
$1,053
0.8%
Veterans day ad
$699
0.5%
Capitol fax subscription renewal
$500
0.4%
Interest payment
$482
0.4%
September 2016 mileage reimbursement
$380
0.3%
Cell phones
$361
0.3%
December 2016 mileage reimbursement
$349
0.3%
October 2016 mileage reimbursement
$327
0.2%
November2016 mileage reimbursement
$309
0.2%
Golf outing shirts
$212
0.2%
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
Parkway Bank and Trust
2016-11-28
$50,000
Loan repay
Macerich Mgmt Company 5750
2016-12-13
$32,500
Holiday gifts for constituents
Parkway Bank and Trust
2016-11-28
$20,000
Loan repay
Donna Roehri
2016-11-13
$10,000
Retirement bonus
Angles on Design Inc
2016-12-07
$5,360
Office furniture
Storino Ramello & Durkin
2016-12-27
$3,648
Legal fees
Attorneys Titles Guarantoy Fund Inc
2016-11-28
$3,532
Closing fees for sale of investment
Village of Rosemont
2016-12-13
$2,250
3 month rent
State Boad of Elections
2016-11-02
$1,670
Fine from october 18th hearing
State Boad of Elections
2016-12-28
$1,250
Fine for late a1 report
Water Lily Flowers & Gift Shop
2016-12-27
$1,053
Flowers
Storino Ramello & Durkin
2016-12-07
$1,003
Legal fees
Leyden Township Needy Fund
2016-10-09
$1,000
Donations
Rosemont Benefit Club
2016-10-12
$1,000
Donations
Journal & Topics Newpapers
2016-12-27
$699
Veterans day ad
Ahead of Our Time Publishing
2016-12-27
$500
Capitol fax subscription renewal
Brad Stephens
2016-10-09
$380
September 2016 mileage reimbursement
Brad Stephens
2016-12-31
$349
December 2016 mileage reimbursement
Brad Stephens
2016-11-02
$327
October 2016 mileage reimbursement
Brad Stephens
2016-12-07
$309
November2016 mileage reimbursement
Parkway Bank and Trust
2016-11-28
$281
Interest payment
Christmas Cheer Foundation
2016-10-09
$250
Donations
St. Judes Childrens Research Hospital
2016-10-09
$250
Donations
MKM Distributors
2016-11-02
$212
Golf outing shirts
Parkway Bank and Trust
2016-10-16
$200
Interest payment