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Rider ISD trustees approve child nutrition budget amendment and hire construction manager
Summary
At its April 3, 2025 meeting, the Rider Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a budget amendment to the child nutrition fund to reflect a previously approved high‑school serving line purchase and voted to hire Joshua Bennett as construction project manager; both motions passed 7-0.
Rider Independent School District trustees on April 3 approved two formal actions: a budget amendment to the district's child nutrition fund and the hiring of Joshua Bennett as construction project manager.
The board approved a revision to the child nutrition budget to reflect a prior purchase of a high school serving line, part of the district's spend-down plan for that fund balance. Trustee Kemp moved to accept the budget amendment “as presented,” and Trustee Gilthorpe seconded. The motion passed unanimously, 7-0.
Shortly after an executive-session adjournment to discuss personnel and real-property matters under the Texas Government Code, the board returned to open session and acted on hiring recommendations. A staff presenter recommended the hiring slate; Trustee Harrington moved and Trustee White seconded a motion to hire Joshua Bennett as construction project manager. The board approved the hire 7-0.
The board had earlier announced it would adjourn to closed session under Texas Government Code provisions identified in the meeting — §551.074 (personnel), §551.075 (employee interviews/conferring), and §551.072–§551.073 (real‑property deliberations and deliberations about the value of real property) — and stated that any action related to executive-session matters would be taken in open session. The two votes taken in open session were recorded as carried unanimously.
No additional debate, conditions, or roll‑call details for individual trustee votes beyond the 7-0 tallies were recorded in the transcript. The meeting adjourned after the votes.
