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