Karsten A. Vagner

District Vice Chair Appointments Committee Member Land Use Committee Alternate

At a Glance

Participation Rates

Member's participation rate, based on the number of times they were eligible to vote on measures.

87.8%

Voted Yes or No

8.9%

Abstained or Didn't Vote

3.3%

Absent

Closest Measures

The closest votes by the RTM since the start of this member's first term, based on the margin of yes and no vote — and how this member voted on those issues.

Date	Measure Name	Vote	Outcome
2023-03-13	$9,600 Registrar of Voters Grant from CTCL (item #2)	Yes	Failed
2023-01-17	$500,000 Registrar of Voters Grant from CTCL (item #10)	Yes	Passed
2023-03-13	Rescind Amended item #10 from January 2023 (item #8)	No	Failed
2023-09-18	Appointment - M. Goldstein to the Board of Nathaniel Witherell	No	Failed
2024-06-10	Amend Vacancy Filing Requirements - Wet Ink Only	Did Not Vote	Failed
2024-03-11	Amend Fair Rent Commission - Lower Vote Threshold from 5 to 4	Absent	Passed
2023-06-12	Amend Voter Verification to 90 Seconds (item #3)	No	Passed
2023-12-11	Greenwich-Stamford Multi-Use Trail (items #11 & #12)	Yes	Passed
2023-06-12	RTM Rules Change (item #3)	No	Failed
2023-09-18	Appointment - Jan Rogers Kniffen to the CMS Building Committee	No	Passed

Votes Cast

RTM District 3 (Jan '24 to Dec '25)

Date	Measure Name	Vote	Outcome	Modality
2024-06-10	Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #39	Did Not Vote	Passed	Remote
2024-01-16	$110,000 for Kitchen Equipment at Nathaniel Witherell (item #13)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-09-16	Consent Calendar	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-06-10	$650,000 for Police Overtime	Did Not Vote	Passed	Remote
2024-06-10	Reject UPSEU Contract (item #40)	Did Not Vote	Failed	Remote
2024-06-10	$350,000 for the Wallace Center (items #27 & #28)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-06-10	Consent Calendar	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-04-08	Consent Calendar	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-06-10	Amend RTM Rules - Sec. II(B)(4)(b) Filling a Vacancy (item #25)	Did Not Vote	Passed	Remote
2024-05-13	Budget (FY24-25) As Amended	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-01-16	Motion - Postpone item #13 to March 2024	No	Failed	Remote
2024-01-16	Amend 6B Noise Ordinance - First Selectman/Law Dept (item #17)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-03-11	Adopt an Ordinance for Fair Rent Commission (item #35)	Absent	Passed	Absent
2024-01-16	Consent Calendar	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-09-16	Reject Teamsters Local 456 Agreement (item #19)	No	Failed	Remote
2024-06-10	$6,500,000 for Grass Island Treatment Plant (items #31 & #32)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-04-08	Net Zero Energy Standards SOMR (item #10)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-01-16	Amend Noise Ordinance - D11 Motion 2 - Sunset Clause	No	Failed	Remote
2024-01-16	Amend Noise Ordinance - D11 Motion 1 - Provision 6B-6(E)(6)	No	Failed	Remote
2024-06-10	Appointment - Lauren O'Keefe to the Board of Health	No	Passed	Remote
2024-01-16	Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #17	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-05-13	Bonding Resolution - Capital Budget - $76,231,000	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-06-10	$3,850,000 for Round Hill Fire Station (items #33 & 34)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-05-13	Bonding Resolution - Sewerage - $22,000,000	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-04-08	Reject GMEA Contract (item #8)	No	Failed	Remote
2024-01-16	Elect a Moderator (item #2)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-06-10	Appointment - Sarah Gamble to the Board of Health	No	Passed	Remote
2024-09-16	Westchester County Airport Terminal Use Agreements (item #16)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-09-16	Reject GOSA Agreement (item #20)	No	Failed	Remote
2024-06-10	Amend Vacancy Filing Requirements - Wet Ink Only	Did Not Vote	Failed	Remote
2024-03-11	Consent Calendar	Absent	Passed	Absent
2024-04-08	Amend Net Zero Energy Standards SOMR	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-03-11	Amend Fair Rent Commission - Require 2 Landlords and 2 Tenants	Absent	Failed	Absent
2024-01-16	$411,055 for the Hamilton Avenue HVAC Replacement (item #7)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-01-16	Amend Noise Ordinance - D10 Motion - Provision 6B‐6(E)(6)	No	Failed	Remote
2024-06-10	Amend Vacancy Filing Requirements - Wet Ink or Electronic	Did Not Vote	Passed	Remote
2024-01-16	Approve the Calendar for the '24-'25 term (item #4)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-06-10	$500,000 for a Transportation Safety Action Plan	Did Not Vote	Passed	Remote
2024-01-16	Motion - Postpone item #5 Indefinitely	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-03-11	Amend Fair Rent Commission - Lower Vote Threshold from 5 to 4	Absent	Passed	Absent
2024-06-10	$702,000 for Nathaniel Witherell Sewer (items #35 & #36)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-01-16	Motion - Refer Noise Ordinance to Special Committee	No	Failed	Remote
2024-01-16	Amend Noise Ordinance - D11 Motion 3 - Special Exclusions	No	Failed	Remote
2024-01-16	Amend Noise Ordinance - HHS	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-04-08	Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #10	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-04-08	Reject IAFF Local 1042 Firefighters Contract (item #7)	No	Failed	Remote
2024-01-16	Increase Vol. Firefighters Tax Abatement to $2,000 (item #16)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-06-10	Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #25	Did Not Vote	Passed	Remote
2024-01-16	Elect a Moderator ProTempore (item #3)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-01-16	Motion - Limit Debate	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-01-16	Motion - Reduce item #7 to $411,055	Yes	Passed	Remote
2024-06-10	Designate Historic Property - Putnam Cottage (item #39)	Did Not Vote	Passed	Remote
2024-06-10	Motion - Refer Moderator File Notice to L&R	Did Not Vote	Passed	Remote

Past Terms

Date	Measure Name	Vote	Outcome	Modality
2023-06-12	Amend Voter Verification to 90 Seconds (item #3)	No	Passed	In Person
2023-06-12	Reject LIUNA Contract (item #20)	No	Failed	In Person
2023-04-17	Motion - Limit Debate	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-09-18	Appointment - M. Goldstein to the Board of Nathaniel Witherell	No	Failed	In Person
2023-03-13	Rescind Amended item #10 from January 2023 (item #8)	No	Failed	Remote
2023-04-17	Eliminate Hybrid Option at Full RTM Meetings (item #12)	Abstain	Failed	In Person
2023-03-13	Motion - Suspend Rules to Combine items #1 and #4	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-12-11	Increase Mooring Fee for the 2024 Boating Season (item #9)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-03-13	Motion - Suspend Rules to take item #8 Out Of Order	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-10-23	Consent Calendar	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-10-30	Motion - Suspend Rules to Combine items #1-3 and items #4 & #5	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-03-13	Motion - RTM Electronic Voting (Appeal of Law Department Ruling)	No	Failed	Remote
2023-01-17	Motion - Limit Debate	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-01-17	Motion - Postpone item #4 to March 2023	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-03-13	Motion - Postpone items #1 and #4 to April 2023	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-03-13	$9,600 Registrar of Voters Grant from CTCL (item #2)	Yes	Failed	Remote
2023-05-08	Delete $950,000 for Hamill Rink Improvements from Budget	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-12-11	Call for '24-'25 RTM Moderator Candidates SOMR	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-09-18	Motion - Refer Fair Rent Commission to Special Committee	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-05-08	Bonding Resolution - Capital Budget - $94,612,333	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-05-08	Budget (FY23-24) As Amended	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-10-23	Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #7	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-10-23	Motion - Limit Debate	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-12-11	Motion - Postpone item #1 to January 2024	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-06-12	Motion - Limit Debate	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-06-12	$275,000 Law Department (item #19)	No	Passed	In Person
2023-10-30	$750,000 For GHS Soil Remediation (items #4 & #5)	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-10-23	Extend Property Tax Relief for Seniors and Disabled (item #7)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-09-18	Appointment - Jan Rogers Kniffen to the CMS Building Committee	No	Passed	In Person
2023-01-17	$300,000 for Greenwich Senior Center (item #12)	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-03-13	Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #7	Yes	Failed	Remote
2023-12-11	Bonding for the Parkway Water Filtration System (item #16)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-04-17	Fire Marshal Fee Ordinance (Appeal of Law Department Ruling)	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-09-18	$2,000,000 for GHS Soil Remediation (items #20 & #21)	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-06-12	Fire Marshal Fee Ordinance (item #2)	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-01-17	Consent Calendar	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-03-13	Motion - Move Previous Question	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-03-13	Motion - Limit Debate	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-12-11	$400,000 for the Parkway Water Filtration System (item #15)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-05-08	Bonding Resolution - Sewerage - $350,000	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-04-17	Motion - Postpone item #11 to June 2023	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-09-18	Appointment - B. Radulovacki to the Board of Nathaniel Witherell	No	Passed	In Person
2023-04-17	$545,000 Approp. for Havemeyer Flood Project (item #10)	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-04-17	Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #12	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-12-11	Consent Calendar	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-10-30	$42,017,000 For Central Middle School (items #1, #2, & #3)	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-12-11	Approve a MI for Old Greenwich School (item #19)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-09-18	Consent Calendar	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-06-12	RTM Rules Change (item #3)	No	Failed	In Person
2023-06-12	Consent Calendar	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-01-17	$9,600 CTCL Grant Amendment	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-01-17	$500,000 Registrar of Voters Grant from CTCL (item #10)	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-12-11	Motion - Postpone item #13 to January 2024	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-03-13	Agreement between TOG Fire Department and FCHIRT (item #6)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-10-23	Motion - Limit Debate	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-12-11	Greenwich-Stamford Multi-Use Trail (items #11 & #12)	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-03-13	Consent Calendar	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-01-17	Motion - Move Previous Question	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-01-17	Motion - Postpone item #11 to March 2023	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-10-30	Motion - Limit Debate	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-09-18	Designate Historic Property - Samuel Ferris Home (item #26)	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-01-17	CTCL Grant Amendment	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-12-11	Motion - Postpone item #9 to January 2024	Yes	Failed	Remote
2023-04-17	Consent Calendar	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-12-11	Motion - Limit Debate	Yes	Passed	Remote
2023-09-18	Motion - Limit Debate	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-06-12	Fire Marshal Fee Ordinance Amendment	Yes	Failed	In Person
2023-04-17	Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #13	Yes	Failed	In Person
2023-01-17	Motion - Limit Committee Reports to 5 minutes	Yes	Passed	In Person
2023-01-17	$500,000 for GHS Vestibule (items #14 & #15)	Yes	Passed	In Person