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