Schimpf's committee spent the most on fund raising - hall rental/food in the quarter, with all those payments ($7,459) going to The Falls Reception & Conference Center in Columbia. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Schimpf's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Fund raising - hall rental/food
$7,459
35.9%
Rent
$3,600
17.3%
Promotional items
$2,317
11.2%
Food
$1,575
7.6%
Event planning fee
$1,532
7.4%
Newspaper advertising
$1,037
5%
Utilities
$590
2.8%
Communications consultant
$500
2.4%
Literature
$461
2.2%
Ads-facebook
$300
1.4%
Storage
$300
1.4%
Website expenses
$267
1.3%
Donations
$250
1.2%
Event security
$200
1%
Postage
$186
0.9%
Phones
$106
0.5%
Post office box
$74
0.4%
Social media
$25
0.1%
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
The Falls Reception & Conference Center
2017-10-11
$7,459
Fund raising - hall rental/food
Laux Grafix & Signs
2017-11-27
$1,604
Promotional items
Lynn Pittman
2017-10-30
$1,382
Event planning fee
Etsnyre, Lp
2017-12-26
$1,200
Rent
Etsnyre, Lp
2017-11-27
$1,200
Rent
Etsnyre, Lp
2017-10-24
$1,200
Rent
Pioneer's Cabin
2017-11-27
$1,163
Food
Bev Key Inc
2017-10-02
$712
Promotional items
Lynn Pittman
2017-10-03
$500
Communications consultant
Precision Signz
2017-12-31
$461
Literature
Republic-Times
2017-10-02
$342
Newspaper advertising
Monroe County Independent
2017-10-11
$306
Newspaper advertising
Facebook, Inc.
2017-10-02
$300
Ads-facebook
Route 3 Storage
2017-12-12
$300
Storage
Sparta Bird Dawgs Booster Club
2017-12-05
$250
Donations
North County News
2017-10-11
$228
Newspaper advertising
Bandana's Restaurant
2017-10-05
$212
Food
Daniel Pittman
2017-10-09
$200
Event security
The Gin Mill
2017-11-27
$200
Food
Monroe County Independent
2017-12-26
$161
Newspaper advertising
Lynn Pittman
2017-10-30
$150
Event planning fee
Harrisonville Telephone Company
2017-10-27
$112
Utilities
Harrisonville Telephone Company
2017-12-26
$106
Phones
Harrisonville Telephone Company
2017-10-02
$105
Utilities
Harrisonville Telephone Company
2017-11-27
$101
Utilities