Measure: FY26-27 Budget Guidelines SOMR (item #28)
Passed on 2025-06-09
WHEREAS the Board of Estimate and Taxation (“BET”) has established three affordability guidelines to maintain the amount of debt and the annual debt service in line with the level of the Town’s operations and tax base. These guidelines are:
- The Town shall finance a minimum of 10% of its capital projects appropriated in a given year, net of expected related reimbursements, with cash generated from the Capital Tax Levy in that same year.
- The Town shall maintain a ratio of Debt Service to the Total Expenses of no more than 11%.
- The Town shall maintain a ratio of Net Debt to the most recent Grand List of no more than 0.75%.
WHEREAS the budget guidelines for the following fiscal year, which are published by the BET in October, guide the potential increases to both the Operating and Capital Budgets for the Town and the Board of Education.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that it is the sense of the Representative Town Meeting that the First Selectman and the Chairman of the BET present to the full RTM at its September 15, 2025 meeting their specific and detailed plan to adjust the Capital plan, including the proposed financing for the plan, for the 15 Fiscal Years beginning with FY 2026-2027 and ending with FY 2040-2041 so that the Capital plan for those Fiscal Years is in compliance with the above BET affordability guidelines.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the BET present a proposal for developing a policy for the Budget Guidelines for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 and all future years to allow for all BET members to be involved in drafting the guidelines as well as public input to the draft guidelines before the guidelines are finalized and issued.
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At a Glance
Party Breakdown
- Democrats were most likely to vote: Yes
- Republicans were most likely to vote: Did Not Vote
- Unaffiliateds were split between: Yes and Did Not Vote
Vote Breakdown
Overall Outcome
Outcome by District
Votes by District
Votes Cast
RTM
| Name | District | Vote | Modality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ellen D. Markowitz | District 2 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Tracy D. Parsons "Grossman" | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Erika Walsh | District 2 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Peter M. Cruikshank | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Laura P. Gladstone | District 2 | Absent | Absent |
| John M. Merrill | District 6 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Aaron J. Leonard | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Bonnie Zeh | District 4 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Jane S. Sprung | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Frederick Lee Jr | District 1 | No | In Person |
| Kimberly Morgan Blank | District 7 | Abstain | Remote |
| Nan Michelle Levy | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Allison C. "Icy" Frantz | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| William J. "Bill" Meurer | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Tracy H. Freedman | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Lynn B. Garelick | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Sylvester J. Pecora Sr. | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Ammar F. Murad | District 2 | Absent | Absent |
| Andrew Vranos | District 12 | Absent | Absent |
| Jordan E Yarett | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Elizabeth Porcher "Shaye" Hester | District 9 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Kathleen L. "Kate" Laverge | District 5 | Absent | Absent |
| Allison W. Rogers | District 5 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Jaysen Lee Medhurst | District 1 | Absent | Absent |
| Jennifer Alexis Jones | District 2 | Yes | Remote |
| Abbe F. Large | District 9 | Absent | Absent |
| Adam L. Leader | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Keith A. Damsky | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Barbara E. O'Neill | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Paul A. Olmsted | District 5 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Martin T. Leibrock | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Karsten A. Vagner | District 3 | Yes | Remote |
| Elizabeth Bradford Hopley | District 11 | No | Remote |
| Andrea J. Casson | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Charles F. Costello | District 4 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Sharon Lee Lazar | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Robert W. Carter | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Patricia Adams | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Cathleen M. "Cate" Keeney | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Linda A. Cochran | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Averardo "Aldo" Pascarella | District 2 | Absent | Absent |
| Coline Jenkins | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Thomas Agresta | District 12 | No | Remote |
| Cheryl A. Moss | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Elizabeth "Betsy" J. Galindo | District 7 | Abstain | In Person |
| Felice "Felix" Rovelli | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Debbie L. Appelbaum | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Sheila M. Phelan | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Katharine Ashworth | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Peter B Levy | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Elizabeth C. Mac Gillivray | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Carol A. Zarrilli | District 9 | No | In Person |
| Ronald F. Carosella | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Lauren B. O'Keefe | District 9 | No | Remote |
| Jill T. Kelly | District 2 | Absent | Absent |
| Elizabeth S. Urdang | District 1 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Anthony James Moor | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Susan Fahey | District 11 | Abstain | In Person |
| Michelle M. Waugh | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Douglas M. Fenton | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Brian J. Malin | District 9 | No | Remote |
| Jane C. Weisbecker | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Sean Andrew Olesen | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| D. Ryan Brumberg | District 10 | Absent | Absent |
| W. Brooks Harris | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Joseph J. Kelly | District 2 | Absent | Absent |
| Pamela R. Ferraro | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Victoria Martin Young | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Jill M. Capalbo | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Diego Sanchez | District 4 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Stephanie A. Cowie | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Lindy M. Lilien | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Michael J. Acerbo | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Thomas M. Devaney | District 11 | Abstain | Remote |
| Ellen Murdock | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Donna F. Gaudioso-Zeale | District 9 | No | Remote |
| Adam M. Brodsky | District 11 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Daniel E. P. Quigley | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Ingrid Hang | District 11 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Michael J. D'Angelo | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Hilary A. Gunn | District 7 | Abstain | Remote |
| Peter J. Samponaro | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Lucy B. Krasnor | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Alison F. Soler | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Vernon B. Schwartz | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Francis J. "Kip" Burgweger Jr | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Peter G. Van Duyne | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| P. Jude Collins | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Noelle Marie Moore | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Daniel Izzo | District 6 | Yes | Remote |
| Carol C. Ducret | District 6 | No | Remote |
| Alice B. Duff | District 7 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Richard P. Niemynski | District 4 | No | Remote |
| Jane S. Sulich | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Edward D. Dadakis | District 1 | No | In Person |
| Joshua H. Brown | District 4 | No | In Person |
| Ellen M. Brennan-Galvin | District 7 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Alexis Voulgaris | District 6 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Mary A. Keller | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Ferdinando G. Schiro | District 9 | Abstain | Remote |
| James J Finn | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrew S. Winston | District 12 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Joan B. Thakor | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Christopher M. Langel | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Sally E. Bednar | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Elizabeth "Liz" Dyer Tommasino | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Kimberly R. Treibick | District 5 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Craig E. Chapman | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| James Waters | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Tiffany A. Evangelista | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Pamela C. Pell | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Allyson T. Cowin | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Jennifer Ann Klein | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrea Lynn Blume | District 4 | No | In Person |
| Joanne I. Steinhart | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Jocelyn Y. Riddle | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Eric P. Beiley | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Mark J. Lewis | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Stacy A. Young | District 9 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Ogden H. Hammond | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| M. Irene Dietrich | District 8 | No | In Person |
| Jan Rogers Kniffen | District 11 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Marilyn Ross Cahn | District 6 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Hale Bayram | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Alison W. Ghiorse | District 1 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Marianne Gattinella | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Karen B. Giannuzzi | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Nicole Murphy Chaudhri | District 6 | Yes | Remote |
| John S. Hopley | District 10 | Absent | Absent |
| Stacey L. Widlitz | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Maya L Tichio | District 7 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| James J. Capparelle | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Brian George Sullivan | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Steven P. Rubin | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Jennifer Ann Andrews | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Chloe H. Rosenfeld | District 1 | Yes | Remote |
| Catherine L. Whitaker | District 5 | Absent | Absent |
| Gregory D Brown | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Walter E. "Skip" Auch | District 11 | No | In Person |
| Hilary Haroche | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Gregory J. Zorthian | District 11 | Abstain | In Person |
| Dean C. Goss | District 1 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Richard S. Montier | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Jonathan A. Kantor | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Kathleen M. Myer | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Margaret H. Butler | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Samuel Aaron Rosenfeld | District 1 | Yes | Remote |
| Lucy von Brachel | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Gerald Joseph Porricelli | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Jane Owen Brash | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Genevieve J. "Genny" Krob | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Abigail R. McCarthy | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Valerie Stauffer | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Sandra K. Harris | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Elizabeth J. "Liz" Eckert | District 4 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Seth W. Bacon | District 4 | Yes | Remote |
| William W. Galvin III | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrew Oliver II | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Francia Alvarez | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Thomas M. West | District 11 | No | In Person |
| Stephen R. Meskers | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Robert M. Chaney | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Craig W. Amundson | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Sophia Scarpelli | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Victoria "Vicki" Spencer Morton | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Frederick R. Feldman | District 1 | Absent | Absent |
| Jillian C. Aufderheide | District 1 | No | In Person |
| Samuelle "Sammie" Terese Lazar Jacobs | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Mary Connolly Flynn | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Paul C. Genovese | District 3 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Blake S. Delany | District 2 | No | In Person |
| Aakash Patel | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Thomas K. Carroll | District 10 | Absent | Absent |
| Nerlyn G. Pierson | District 11 | Yes | Remote |
| Cathryn Fineman "Cathy" Steel | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Mary Tobin | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Julia H. Lane | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Barbara Galton Hindman | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Glen A. Canner | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Patricia "Patti" DeFelice | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Michael P. Behringer | District 7 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Valerie A. D'Angelo | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Amelia Cara Szabo | District 9 | Absent | Absent |
| Christopher J Colford | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Janet McMahon | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| David A. Levine | District 1 | Absent | Absent |
| Vinay S. Pande | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Maria Bocchino | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Barbara T. Darula | District 9 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Christine L. Edwards | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Christina S. Downey | District 5 | Absent | Absent |
| Alexander J. Popp | District 4 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Elizabeth Mills "Sanders" | District 1 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Javier A. Aleman | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Pamela Mercedes Fontana | District 10 | Yes | Remote |
| Caryn S. Rosenbaum | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Isra Selin Bayram | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Ramya T. Hopley | District 10 | Absent | Absent |
| Edward T. Broadhurst III | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Joyce P. "Jay" Teevan | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Donald R. Conway | District 2 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| David P. Snyder | District 6 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Rosalind Nicastro | District 3 | Abstain | Remote |
| Mary M. "Molly" Saleeby | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Amaris Loren Guadalupe | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Rosemarie Macaluso | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Dawn M. Fortunato | District 3 | Yes | Remote |
| Elizabeth "Wynn" McDaniel | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Louisa H. Stone | District 10 | Yes | In Person |
| Noah R. Finz | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Richard J. Neuman | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Myra H. Klockenbrink | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Jeffrey S. Urdang | District 1 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Laura A. Estevez | District 4 | No | In Person |
| Thomas J. Cahill | District 7 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Kristen Niemynski | District 4 | No | Remote |
| Brigitte A. Lee | District 1 | Abstain | In Person |
| Katherine N. LoBalbo | District 2 | Abstain | In Person |
| Morgan R. Evans | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Michael T. Goldstein | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Anthony Cicchetti | District 9 | Abstain | In Person |
| Lisa Becker Edmundson | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Kara L. Philbin | District 10 | Absent | Absent |
| Cliff M. Yonce | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Jonathan R. Shankman | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| John V. Bologna | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Hector E. Arzeno | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Geralyn Beth O. Rubenstein | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Pragati Soni | District 2 | Did Not Vote | Remote |