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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron J. Leonard | District 12 | Yes | 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 |
| Jane S. Sprung | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Karen B. Giannuzzi | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Maya L Tichio | District 7 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Kimberly Morgan Blank | District 7 | Abstain | Remote |
| Brian George Sullivan | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Steven P. Rubin | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Nan Michelle Levy | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Jennifer Ann Andrews | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Walter E. "Skip" Auch | District 11 | No | In Person |
| Gregory J. Zorthian | District 11 | Abstain | In Person |
| Morgan R. Evans | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Richard S. Montier | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Kara L. Philbin | District 10 | Absent | Absent |
| Kathleen M. Myer | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Margaret H. Butler | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Allison W. Rogers | District 5 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Elizabeth Porcher "Shaye" Hester | District 9 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Lucy von Brachel | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Jill T. Kelly | District 2 | Absent | Absent |
| Jennifer Alexis Jones | District 2 | Yes | Remote |
| Genevieve J. "Genny" Krob | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Peter G. Van Duyne | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Valerie Stauffer | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Paul A. Olmsted | District 5 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Karsten A. Vagner | District 3 | Yes | Remote |
| Elizabeth Bradford Hopley | District 11 | No | Remote |
| Charles F. Costello | District 4 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| D. Ryan Brumberg | District 10 | Absent | Absent |
| Alice B. Duff | District 7 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| William W. Galvin III | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Joseph J. Kelly | District 2 | Absent | Absent |
| Thomas M. West | District 11 | No | In Person |
| Stephen R. Meskers | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Thomas Agresta | District 12 | No | Remote |
| Jillian C. Aufderheide | District 1 | No | In Person |
| Mary Connolly Flynn | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Joan B. Thakor | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Paul C. Genovese | District 3 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Blake S. Delany | District 2 | No | In Person |
| Elizabeth C. Mac Gillivray | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Aakash Patel | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Cathryn Fineman "Cathy" Steel | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Lauren B. O'Keefe | District 9 | No | Remote |
| Mary Tobin | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Julia H. Lane | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Barbara Galton Hindman | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Abbe F. Large | District 9 | Absent | Absent |
| Erika Walsh | District 2 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Brian J. Malin | District 9 | No | Remote |
| Jane C. Weisbecker | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| M. Irene Dietrich | District 8 | No | In Person |
| W. Brooks Harris | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Christopher J Colford | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Averardo "Aldo" Pascarella | District 2 | Absent | Absent |
| Diego Sanchez | District 4 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Christine L. Edwards | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Lindy M. Lilien | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Thomas M. Devaney | District 11 | Abstain | Remote |
| Donna Gaudioso-Zeale | District 9 | No | Remote |
| Adam M. Brodsky | District 11 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Elizabeth Mills "Sanders" | District 1 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Ingrid Hang | District 11 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Dean C. Goss | District 1 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Michael J. D'Angelo | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Elizabeth "Liz" Dyer Tommasino | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Isra Selin Bayram | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Hilary A. Gunn | District 7 | Abstain | Remote |
| Caryn S. Rosenbaum | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| 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 |
| Ronald F. Carosella | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Mary M. "Molly" Saleeby | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Rosemarie Macaluso | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Louisa H. Stone | District 10 | Yes | In Person |
| Michelle M. Waugh | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Noah R. Finz | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Myra H. Klockenbrink | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Richard J. Neuman | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Abigail R. McCarthy | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Jeffrey S. Urdang | District 1 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Laura A. Estevez | District 4 | No | In Person |
| Carol C. Ducret | District 6 | No | Remote |
| Thomas J. Cahill | District 7 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Daniel Izzo | District 6 | Yes | Remote |
| Richard P. Niemynski | District 4 | No | Remote |
| Jane S. Sulich | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Brigitte A. Lee | District 1 | Abstain | In Person |
| Katherine N. LoBalbo | District 2 | Abstain | In Person |
| James J. Capparelle | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Jill M. Capalbo | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Robert M. Chaney | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Catherine L. Whitaker | District 5 | Absent | Absent |
| Craig W. Amundson | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrew S. Winston | District 12 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Ferdinando G. Schiro | District 9 | Abstain | Remote |
| John V. Bologna | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Katharine Ashworth | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Hector E. Arzeno | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Geralyn Beth O. Rubenstein | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Adam L. Leader | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Kimberly R. Treibick | District 5 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Tracy D. Parsons "Grossman" | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Pamela C. Pell | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Allyson T. Cowin | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Peter M. Cruikshank | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Joanne I. Steinhart | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Vernon B. Schwartz | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Bonnie Zeh | District 4 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| John M. Merrill | District 6 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Eric P. Beiley | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Stacy A. Young | District 9 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Frederick Lee Jr | District 1 | No | In Person |
| Ogden H. Hammond | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Jan Rogers Kniffen | District 11 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Allison C. "Icy" Frantz | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Marilyn Ross Cahn | District 6 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| William J. "Bill" Meurer | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Nicole Murphy Chaudhri | District 6 | Yes | Remote |
| Tracy H. Freedman | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrew Oliver II | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Sylvester J. Pecora Sr. | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Vinay S. Pande | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Chloe H. Rosenfeld | District 1 | Yes | Remote |
| Frederick R. Feldman | District 1 | Absent | Absent |
| Jordan E Yarett | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Hilary Haroche | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Samuelle "Sammie" Terese Lazar Jacobs | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Sally E. Bednar | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Jonathan A. Kantor | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Thomas K. Carroll | District 10 | Absent | Absent |
| Keith A. Damsky | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Barbara E. O'Neill | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Samuel Aaron Rosenfeld | District 1 | Yes | Remote |
| Martin T. Leibrock | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrea J. Casson | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Sharon Lee Lazar | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Gerald Joseph Porricelli | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| 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 |
| Sandra K. Harris | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Coline Jenkins | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Elizabeth J. "Liz" Eckert | District 4 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Amelia Cara Szabo | District 9 | Absent | Absent |
| Cheryl A. Moss | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Seth W. Bacon | District 4 | Yes | Remote |
| Janet McMahon | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Francia Alvarez | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Debbie L. Appelbaum | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Stacey L. Widlitz | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Sheila M. Phelan | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Anthony G. Cicchetti | District 9 | Abstain | In Person |
| John S. Hopley | District 10 | Absent | Absent |
| Lisa Becker Edmundson | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Peter B Levy | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Victoria "Vicki" Spencer Morton | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Christina S. Downey | District 5 | Absent | Absent |
| Carol A. Zarrilli | District 9 | No | In Person |
| Javier A. Aleman | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Elizabeth S. Urdang | District 1 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Anthony James Moor | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Nerlyn G. Pierson | District 11 | Yes | Remote |
| Susan Fahey | District 11 | Abstain | In Person |
| Douglas M. Fenton | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Sean Andrew Olesen | District 5 | Did Not Vote | 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 |
| Pamela R. Ferraro | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Valerie A. D'Angelo | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Victoria Martin Young | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Stephanie A. Cowie | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Michael J. Acerbo | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Ellen Murdock | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Daniel E. P. Quigley | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Lynn B. Garelick | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Barbara T. Darula | District 9 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Peter J. Samponaro | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Sophia Scarpelli | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Alexander J. Popp | District 4 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Lucy B. Krasnor | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Alison F. Soler | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Gregory D Brown | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Francis J. "Kip" Burgweger Jr | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Pamela Mercedes Fontana | District 10 | Yes | Remote |
| P. Jude Collins | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Noelle Marie Moore | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| David P. Snyder | District 6 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Rosalind Nicastro | District 3 | Abstain | Remote |
| Laura P. Gladstone | District 2 | Absent | Absent |
| Amaris Loren Guadalupe | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Jane Owen Brash | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Dawn M. Fortunato | District 3 | Yes | Remote |
| Elizabeth "Wynn" McDaniel | District 7 | No | 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 |
| James J Finn | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Kristen Niemynski | District 4 | No | Remote |
| Christopher M. Langel | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Michael T. Goldstein | District 10 | No | Remote |
| David A. Levine | District 1 | Absent | Absent |
| Felice "Felix" Rovelli | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Elizabeth "Betsy" J. Galindo | District 7 | Abstain | In Person |
| Maria Bocchino | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Craig E. Chapman | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| James Waters | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Ammar F. Murad | District 2 | Absent | Absent |
| Cliff M. Yonce | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Tiffany A. Evangelista | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Jonathan R. Shankman | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Andrew Vranos | District 12 | Absent | Absent |
| Kathleen L. "Kate" Laverge | District 5 | Absent | Absent |
| Jennifer Ann Klein | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrea Lynn Blume | District 4 | No | In Person |
| Pragati Soni | District 2 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Jaysen Lee Medhurst | District 1 | Absent | Absent |
| Jocelyn Y. Riddle | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Mary Ellen D. Markowitz | District 2 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Ramya T. Hopley | District 10 | Absent | Absent |
| Mark J. Lewis | District 11 | Yes | In Person |