West's committee spent the most on creative development in the quarter, with all those payments ($6,654) going to TMF Innovations in O'fallon. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how West's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Creative development
$6,654
77.8%
Printing and postage
$1,219
14.3%
Printing
$375
4.4%
Newspaper advertising
$300
3.5%
Table 2 below shows the top 5 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
TMF Innovations
2016-01-30
$4,704
Creative development
TMF Innovations
2016-03-19
$1,950
Creative development
TMF Innovations
2016-02-12
$1,219
Printing and postage
TMF Innovations
2016-02-23
$375
Printing
O'Fallon Weekly LLC
2016-02-29
$300
Newspaper advertising