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