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 - Suspend Rules to Add Non-Agenda SOMR to the Agenda (2025-04-21)
- Amend GPS Budget SOMR - D6 Motion (2025-04-21)
- Amend GPS Budget SOMR - D8 Motion (2025-04-21)
- Sustain Ruling of the Chair (2025-04-21)
- Motion - Move Previous Question (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden H. Hammond | District 10 | Abstain | Remote |
| Thomas M. West | District 11 | No | Remote |
| Jan Rogers Kniffen | District 11 | No | Remote |
| Debbie L. Appelbaum | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Alison F. Soler | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Amelia Cara Szabo | District 9 | 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 |
| Hector E. Arzeno | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Margaret H. Butler | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Peter G. Van Duyne | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Ramya T. Hopley | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Gregory J. Zorthian | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Seth W. Bacon | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Lucy B. Krasnor | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Maria Bocchino | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Linda A. Cochran | District 5 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Javier A. Aleman | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Gregory D Brown | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Diego Sanchez | District 4 | Yes | Remote |
| Jonathan A. Kantor | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Jill T. Kelly | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| John M. Merrill | District 6 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Paul C. Genovese | District 3 | 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 |
| Mary A. Keller | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Patricia Adams | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Noelle Marie Moore | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Charles F. Costello | District 4 | Yes | Remote |
| Bonnie Zeh | District 4 | No | In Person |
| Frederick Lee Jr | District 1 | Absent | Absent |
| Sally E. Bednar | District 6 | Abstain | In Person |
| Elizabeth Mills "Sanders" | District 1 | Abstain | In Person |
| Jane S. Sulich | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| 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 |
| Jocelyn Y. Riddle | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| John V. Bologna | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Pragati Soni | District 2 | Yes | Remote |
| Michael J. D'Angelo | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Daniel Izzo | District 6 | Yes | Remote |
| Michael P. Behringer | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Aaron J. Leonard | District 12 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Catherine L. Whitaker | District 5 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Allison W. Rogers | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Elizabeth "Betsy" J. Galindo | District 7 | Abstain | In Person |
| Valerie Stauffer | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Coline Jenkins | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Barbara Galton Hindman | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Ferdinando G. Schiro | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Glen A. Canner | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Kimberly R. Treibick | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Hale Bayram | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Abbe F. Large | District 9 | Abstain | Remote |
| Stephen R. Meskers | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Alison W. Ghiorse | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Paul A. Olmsted | District 5 | No | Remote |
| Cathleen M. "Cate" Keeney | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Hilary Haroche | District 10 | Abstain | In Person |
| Blake S. Delany | District 2 | Yes | Remote |
| Janet McMahon | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Karen B. Giannuzzi | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Adam M. Brodsky | District 11 | No | Remote |
| Peter J. Samponaro | District 11 | Absent | Absent |
| Katherine N. LoBalbo | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Erika Walsh | District 2 | Yes | Remote |
| Andrew S. Winston | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Isra Selin Bayram | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Cliff M. Yonce | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Richard P. Niemynski | District 4 | No | 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 |
| Noah R. Finz | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Sean Andrew Olesen | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Tiffany A. Evangelista | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Laura A. Estevez | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Brigitte A. Lee | District 1 | Absent | Absent |
| 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 |
| Sharon Lee Lazar | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Francis J. "Kip" Burgweger Jr | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrea Lynn Blume | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Myra H. Klockenbrink | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Eric P. Beiley | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Carol A. Zarrilli | District 9 | No | In Person |
| Morgan R. Evans | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrew Oliver II | District 8 | No | Remote |
| Lucy von Brachel | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Elizabeth "Liz" Dyer Tommasino | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Kimberly Morgan Blank | District 7 | Yes | Remote |
| Amaris Loren Guadalupe | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Sheila M. Phelan | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Jill M. Capalbo | District 8 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| James J Finn | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Edward D. Dadakis | District 1 | Abstain | In Person |
| Alexander J. Popp | District 4 | 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 |
| Mary Ellen D. Markowitz | District 2 | Yes | Remote |
| Kristen Niemynski | District 4 | No | Remote |
| Walter E. "Skip" Auch | District 11 | No | Remote |
| Andrea J. Casson | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Elizabeth S. Urdang | District 1 | Yes | Remote |
| Frederick R. Feldman | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Mary Connolly Flynn | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Elizabeth J. "Liz" Eckert | District 4 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Peter M. Cruikshank | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Valerie A. D'Angelo | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Allyson T. Cowin | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Christopher M. Langel | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Michael J. Acerbo | District 9 | No | In Person |
| Rosalind Nicastro | District 3 | Abstain | Remote |
| Jillian C. Aufderheide | District 1 | No | Remote |
| James J. Capparelle | District 8 | Did Not Vote | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Anthony James Moor | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Edward T. Broadhurst III | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Laura P. Gladstone | District 2 | Did Not Vote | 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 |
| Chloe H. Rosenfeld | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Julia H. Lane | District 1 | Yes | Remote |
| William W. Galvin III | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Marianne Gattinella | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Lisa Becker Edmundson | District 8 | Yes | Remote |
| Pamela Mercedes Fontana | District 10 | No | 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 |
| Samuel Aaron Rosenfeld | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| James Waters | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Louisa H. Stone | District 10 | Yes | In Person |
| Carol C. Ducret | District 6 | Abstain | Remote |
| John S. Hopley | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Kara L. Philbin | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Barbara T. Darula | District 9 | No | Remote |
| Brian George Sullivan | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Vernon B. Schwartz | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| David A. Levine | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Donna F. Gaudioso-Zeale | District 9 | Absent | Absent |
| Thomas M. Devaney | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Victoria Martin Young | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Keith A. Damsky | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Felice "Felix" Rovelli | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| M. Irene Dietrich | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Kathleen L. "Kate" Laverge | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Stacey L. Widlitz | District 6 | Yes | Remote |
| Ellen Murdock | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Alexis Voulgaris | District 6 | Did Not Vote | 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 |
| Jennifer Alexis Jones | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Samuelle "Sammie" Terese Lazar Jacobs | District 8 | Yes | Remote |
| Lynn B. Garelick | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Stephanie A. Cowie | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Jane C. Weisbecker | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Jaysen Lee Medhurst | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Averardo "Aldo" Pascarella | District 2 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Steven P. Rubin | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Abigail R. McCarthy | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Christopher J Colford | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Dawn M. Fortunato | District 3 | Yes | Remote |
| Joanne I. Steinhart | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Francia Alvarez | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| William J. "Bill" Meurer | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Jennifer Ann Klein | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| David P. Snyder | District 6 | Did Not Vote | 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 |
| Hilary A. Gunn | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Pamela R. Ferraro | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Tracy D. Parsons "Grossman" | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Nerlyn G. Pierson | District 11 | Absent | Absent |
| 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 |
| Ellen M. Brennan-Galvin | District 7 | Absent | Absent |
| Joyce P. "Jay" Teevan | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Patricia "Patti" DeFelice | District 9 | Abstain | Remote |
| Lauren B. O'Keefe | District 9 | Abstain | Remote |
| Marilyn Ross Cahn | District 6 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Jane S. Sprung | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Karsten A. Vagner | District 3 | Yes | Remote |
| Gerald Joseph Porricelli | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Martin T. Leibrock | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Dean C. Goss | District 1 | Did Not Vote | 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 |
| Ronald F. Carosella | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Andrew Vranos | District 12 | No | Remote |
| Jordan E Yarett | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Jeffrey S. Urdang | District 1 | Yes | Remote |
| Mary Tobin | District 6 | Yes | Remote |
| Jane Owen Brash | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Robert W. Carter | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Mark J. Lewis | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Michael T. Goldstein | District 10 | Abstain | Remote |
| Richard S. Montier | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Craig E. Chapman | District 8 | Yes | In Person |