Measure: GPS Budget SOMR
Passed on 2025-04-21
Whereas the Education Committee was severely disappointed in of the BET decision to reduce the Board of Education’s Approved Operating Budget by $4,048,621 for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
Whereas the Representative Town Meeting feels it is our responsibility to make sure Greenwich Public Schools and its students are properly funded.
It is therefore resolved that it is the Sense of the Meeting that the RTM respectfully requests that BET re-open the Operating Budget vote for Fiscal Year 2025-2026, to better meet the financial needs of Greenwich Public Schools.
Related measures:
- Amend GPS Budget SOMR - D6 Motion (2025-04-21)
- Motion - Move Previous Question (2025-04-21)
- Sustain Ruling of the Chair (2025-04-21)
- Motion - Suspend Rules to Add Non-Agenda SOMR to the Agenda (2025-04-21)
- Amend GPS Budget SOMR - D8 Motion (2025-04-21)
At a Glance
Party Breakdown
- Democrats were most likely to vote: Yes
- Republicans were split between: Yes and No
- Unaffiliateds were most likely to vote: Yes
Vote Breakdown
Overall Outcome
Outcome by District
Votes by District
Votes Cast
RTM
| Name | District | Vote | Modality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Rogers Kniffen | District 11 | No | Remote |
| Frederick Lee Jr | District 1 | Absent | Absent |
| Amelia Cara Szabo | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Maya L Tichio | District 7 | Abstain | In Person |
| Nan Michelle Levy | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Janet McMahon | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Sandra K. Harris | District 10 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Joan B. Thakor | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Joseph J. Kelly | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Sylvester J. Pecora Sr. | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Anthony James Moor | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Edward T. Broadhurst III | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Linda A. Cochran | District 5 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Noah R. Finz | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Ronald F. Carosella | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Kathleen M. Myer | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Genevieve J. "Genny" Krob | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Gregory D Brown | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Diego Sanchez | District 4 | Yes | Remote |
| Chloe H. Rosenfeld | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Jonathan A. Kantor | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| William W. Galvin III | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Richard J. Neuman | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Sharon Lee Lazar | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Elizabeth "Wynn" McDaniel | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Thomas J. Cahill | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Victoria "Vicki" Spencer Morton | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Jonathan R. Shankman | District 9 | No | Remote |
| Vinay S. Pande | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Brian J. Malin | District 9 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Samuel Aaron Rosenfeld | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Charles F. Costello | District 4 | Yes | Remote |
| James Waters | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Jane S. Sulich | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Morgan R. Evans | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Peter J. Samponaro | District 11 | Absent | Absent |
| John S. Hopley | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Kara L. Philbin | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Jocelyn Y. Riddle | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Pragati Soni | District 2 | Yes | Remote |
| Vernon B. Schwartz | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Daniel Izzo | District 6 | Yes | Remote |
| David A. Levine | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Michael P. Behringer | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Aaron J. Leonard | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Thomas M. Devaney | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Victoria Martin Young | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Keith A. Damsky | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Brigitte A. Lee | District 1 | Absent | Absent |
| Catherine L. Whitaker | District 5 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Kathleen L. "Kate" Laverge | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Allison W. Rogers | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Ellen Murdock | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Alexis Voulgaris | District 6 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Andrea J. Casson | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| W. Brooks Harris | District 10 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| P. Jude Collins | District 10 | Abstain | In Person |
| Kimberly R. Treibick | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Aakash Patel | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Jennifer Alexis Jones | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Abbe F. Large | District 9 | Abstain | Remote |
| Lynn B. Garelick | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrea Lynn Blume | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Stephanie A. Cowie | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Jaysen Lee Medhurst | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Paul A. Olmsted | District 5 | No | Remote |
| Averardo "Aldo" Pascarella | District 2 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Abigail R. McCarthy | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Blake S. Delany | District 2 | Yes | Remote |
| Francia Alvarez | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| William J. "Bill" Meurer | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Adam M. Brodsky | District 11 | No | Remote |
| Erika Walsh | District 2 | Yes | Remote |
| Jennifer Ann Klein | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Elizabeth "Liz" Dyer Tommasino | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Thomas Agresta | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrew S. Winston | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Alice B. Duff | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Craig W. Amundson | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Cliff M. Yonce | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Hilary A. Gunn | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Richard P. Niemynski | District 4 | No | Remote |
| Tracy D. Parsons "Grossman" | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Sean Andrew Olesen | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Jennifer Ann Andrews | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Donald R. Conway | District 2 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Joyce P. "Jay" Teevan | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Eric P. Beiley | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Jane S. Sprung | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Louisa H. Stone | District 10 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrew Oliver II | District 8 | No | Remote |
| Martin T. Leibrock | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Kimberly Morgan Blank | District 7 | Yes | Remote |
| Lindy M. Lilien | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Jonathan M. Perloe | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Caryn S. Rosenbaum | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Michael J. D'Angelo | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Jordan E Yarett | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Alexander J. Popp | District 4 | No | Remote |
| Robert W. Carter | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Mark J. Lewis | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Mary Ellen D. Markowitz | District 2 | Yes | Remote |
| Kristen Niemynski | District 4 | No | Remote |
| Richard S. Montier | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Walter E. "Skip" Auch | District 11 | No | Remote |
| John V. Bologna | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Craig E. Chapman | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| M. Irene Dietrich | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Elizabeth S. Urdang | District 1 | Yes | Remote |
| Barbara E. O'Neill | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Elizabeth J. "Liz" Eckert | District 4 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Ferdinando G. Schiro | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Valerie A. D'Angelo | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Allyson T. Cowin | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Debbie L. Appelbaum | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Alison F. Soler | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Margaret H. Butler | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Robert M. Chaney | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Stacy A. Young | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Peter G. Van Duyne | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Rosemarie Macaluso | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Hector E. Arzeno | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Rosalind Nicastro | District 3 | Abstain | Remote |
| Jillian C. Aufderheide | District 1 | No | Remote |
| Steven P. Rubin | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Ramya T. Hopley | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Christopher J Colford | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Seth W. Bacon | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Gregory J. Zorthian | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Lucy B. Krasnor | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Maria Bocchino | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Cathryn Fineman "Cathy" Steel | District 11 | Yes | Remote |
| Elizabeth Porcher "Shaye" Hester | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Adam L. Leader | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| D. Ryan Brumberg | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Pamela R. Ferraro | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Jill T. Kelly | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| John M. Merrill | District 6 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Joshua H. Brown | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Julia H. Lane | District 1 | Yes | Remote |
| Patricia Adams | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Mary A. Keller | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Noelle Marie Moore | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Marianne Gattinella | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Bonnie Zeh | District 4 | No | In Person |
| Pamela Mercedes Fontana | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Lisa Becker Edmundson | District 8 | Yes | Remote |
| Sally E. Bednar | District 6 | Abstain | In Person |
| Elizabeth Mills "Sanders" | District 1 | Abstain | In Person |
| Katharine Ashworth | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Pamela C. Pell | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Thomas K. Carroll | District 10 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Geralyn Beth O. Rubenstein | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Carol C. Ducret | District 6 | Abstain | Remote |
| Sophia Scarpelli | District 8 | No | In Person |
| Elizabeth Bradford Hopley | District 11 | No | In Person |
| Barbara T. Darula | District 9 | No | Remote |
| Susan Fahey | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Valerie Stauffer | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Mary M. "Molly" Saleeby | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Coline Jenkins | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Elizabeth "Betsy" J. Galindo | District 7 | Abstain | In Person |
| Glen A. Canner | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Barbara Galton Hindman | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Hale Bayram | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Felice "Felix" Rovelli | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Stacey L. Widlitz | District 6 | Yes | Remote |
| Stephen R. Meskers | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Alison W. Ghiorse | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Cathleen M. "Cate" Keeney | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Hilary Haroche | District 10 | Abstain | In Person |
| Samuelle "Sammie" Terese Lazar Jacobs | District 8 | Yes | Remote |
| Karen B. Giannuzzi | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Jane C. Weisbecker | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Ellen M. Brennan-Galvin | District 7 | Absent | Absent |
| Katherine N. LoBalbo | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Dawn M. Fortunato | District 3 | Yes | Remote |
| Isra Selin Bayram | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Joanne I. Steinhart | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Elizabeth C. Mac Gillivray | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Christine L. Edwards | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Nicole Murphy Chaudhri | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| David P. Snyder | District 6 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Tiffany A. Evangelista | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Brian George Sullivan | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Laura A. Estevez | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Ammar F. Murad | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Michelle M. Waugh | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Daniel E. P. Quigley | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Ingrid Hang | District 11 | No | In Person |
| Donna Gaudioso-Zeale | District 9 | Absent | Absent |
| Francis J. "Kip" Burgweger Jr | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Myra H. Klockenbrink | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Paul C. Genovese | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Carol A. Zarrilli | District 9 | No | In Person |
| Patricia "Patti" DeFelice | District 9 | Abstain | Remote |
| Lucy von Brachel | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Amaris Loren Guadalupe | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Jill M. Capalbo | District 8 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Sheila M. Phelan | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Lauren B. O'Keefe | District 9 | Abstain | Remote |
| James J Finn | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Marilyn Ross Cahn | District 6 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Edward D. Dadakis | District 1 | Abstain | In Person |
| Karsten A. Vagner | District 3 | Yes | Remote |
| Gerald Joseph Porricelli | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Douglas M. Fenton | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Cheryl A. Moss | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Christina S. Downey | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Dean C. Goss | District 1 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Javier A. Aleman | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Andrew Vranos | District 12 | No | Remote |
| Allison C. "Icy" Frantz | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Jeffrey S. Urdang | District 1 | Yes | Remote |
| Frederick R. Feldman | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Mary Tobin | District 6 | Yes | Remote |
| Mary Connolly Flynn | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Jane Owen Brash | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Peter M. Cruikshank | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Michael T. Goldstein | District 10 | Abstain | Remote |
| Christopher M. Langel | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Nerlyn G. Pierson | District 11 | Absent | Absent |
| Michael J. Acerbo | District 9 | No | In Person |
| Laura P. Gladstone | District 2 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| James J. Capparelle | District 8 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Tracy H. Freedman | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Ogden H. Hammond | District 10 | Abstain | Remote |
| Thomas M. West | District 11 | No | Remote |