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