Great Oaks Charter School - Bridgeport
Minutes
GOBPT January Finance Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday January 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Location
375 Howard Ave.
Bridgeport, CT 06605
Committee Members Present
Bea Bagley (remote), Bob Carlson, Daniel Luciano (remote), David Zieff (remote)
Committee Members Absent
Corey Sneed, Eva Vega
Guests Present
Benjamin Chan, Farah Martin, John Scalice, Latoya Hubbard (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Last Month's Meeting Minutes
II. Administrative / Financial Overview
A.
Current Cash Position
B.
Dashboard & Financial Overview
CFO went over dashboard and expenses to the board of directors.
- Annual report has been filed.
- Grants are now available for draw downs- once EFS is complete, we plan to document what has been spent and do a draw down.
Summary of Expenses Description:
State/SpEd Funding: 5,001,109 - new per pupil adjustment is included
Title Funding: 295,445
SIG & FY25 Mental Health: 59,000
USDA School Lunch Program: 98,020
FY23 Mental Health & FY24 HD Tutoring: 327,482
Actual total: 5,781,056
III. New Vendors
A.
New Vendors
CFO went over SAGE Intacct with the board of directors and discussed pricing and the model. This system will give the board and the team a more accurate report going forward. D. Zieff asked if SAGE has a new vendors section. B. Chan believes new vendors has a process where you can't create a new vendor on your own, there is a mechanism to actually require approval of new vendors internally then be brought to the board.
Board members will vote to approve SAGE Intacct.
IV. Additional Items
A.
Additional items
We had a request from CSDE to have the following:
1. two signers by checks from over $5,000.
2. Bank and credit card statements and reconciliations have been reviewed and signed.
3. Any reference to the Foundation be removed from fiscal policy.
Also, roles have changed so everything has been updated. There is a draft for all board members to look over.
CFO went over the school's Current Cash Position:
Checking: $ 1,952,827
Food Service: $ 6,539
Reserve: $ 288,322
Total: $ 2,247,688
CFO went over highlights of the current cash position.