Watson's committee spent the most on signs in the quarter, with all those payments ($10,515) going to Sikorski Signs in Belleville. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Watson's committee spent its money in the second quarter.
Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Signs
$10,515
36.3%
Promotional items
$6,259
21.6%
Billboard expenses
$5,350
18.5%
Posts for signs
$1,392
4.8%
Digital posters
$1,315
4.5%
Fund raising (food)
$1,274
4.4%
Postage & service fee
$904
3.1%
Printing
$836
2.9%
Parade committee
$500
1.7%
Golf flyers
$280
1%
Defender's association, scott air force base, il
$200
0.7%
Ticket printing
$95
0.3%
Additional ticket printing
$22
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 17 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
PROMOpartners
2018-05-21
$5,888
Promotional items
Sikorski Signs
2018-05-16
$5,515
Signs
Sikorski Signs
2018-04-18
$5,000
Signs
Claude Heimburger
2018-04-19
$3,100
Billboard expenses
Claude Heimburger
2018-06-18
$2,250
Billboard expenses
Home Depot
2018-06-07
$1,392
Posts for signs
Outfront Media
2018-05-23
$1,315
Digital posters
Cutter's
2018-06-13
$1,274
Fund raising (food)
Mailing Methods
2018-06-15
$904
Postage & service fee
Snow Printing LLC
2018-05-21
$548
Printing
Richard Battas
2018-04-30
$500
Parade committee
PROMOpartners
2018-04-12
$370
Promotional items
Snow Printing LLC
2018-05-23
$288
Printing
Freeburg Printing & Publishing, Inc.
2018-05-31
$280
Golf flyers
BackStoppers, Inc.
2018-04-10
$200
Defender's association, scott air force base, il
Freeburg Printing & Publishing, Inc.
2018-06-05
$95
Ticket printing
Snow Printing LLC
2018-06-15
$22
Additional ticket printing