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