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