Liberty Tech Charter School
Minutes
Finance Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday October 22, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Location
https://meet.google.com/umv-swit-kji
Committee Members Present
L. Crabtree, L. Whitaker, N. Alexander, R. Varghese, S. Hudgins
Committee Members Absent
A. Wright, G. Tonnis, K. Dutton, V. Potts
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Finance
A.
Review Financials
B.
Grant Review/Funding Update
New Grant - SCSC Give Back Grant ($54K); received Oct 20.
Giving Page on school website has been updated; includes more info regarding Peach Tax Credit.
Shop & Earn opportunities initiated with Kroger & Box Tops.
SRO Henkel taking lead on GEMA Funds for Protection of Communities grant application.
- this would be a minimum of $25K but only covers personnel expenditures.
2 Fundraisers on the horizon: Double Good Popcorn Fundraiser (goal is to raise $10K) and Chick-Fil-A Cow Calendar sales (goal of $720).
III. Other Business
A.
Investment Options
We will wire additional $500K to Renasant to be invested in 4-5 month CD.
~$83K will be invested in GA Fund I.
We will re-evaluate in a few months to see if cash levels in Operating Account exceeds 60-day threshold.
Audit has been completed. Final report issued last week. Libby will forward report to Fin Comm members.
Adjustments from Audit have been added to June Revenues and Expenses. Net amount is +$65K.
For month of September - largest variance in expenditures was purchase of playground equipment ($104K). In addition, there were some higher food and legal expenses. The former is just a one time expense. With the latter, these aren't expected to be recurring items. Food expense was higher but related revenues were also higher so everything is in-line as planned for the year.
The following three DE046 tasks must be completed: October 27, 2026