William W. Galvin III

Budget Overview Committee Alternate HHS Committee Vice Chair

At a Glance

Participation Rates

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

52.6%

Voted Yes or No

4.2%

Abstained or Didn't Vote

43.2%

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 votes — 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
2024-10-28 Bonding - $1,565,000 - Fire Truck Replacement (item #8) No Failed
2022-05-09 Delete $50,000 for Roger Sherman Baldwin Park from Budget Absent Failed
2023-01-17 $500,000 Registrar of Voters Grant from CTCL (item #10) Yes Passed
2022-03-14 8-30g SOMR Amendment No Failed
2022-09-19 Appointment - Richard Kaplan to the Board of Nathaniel Witherell No Passed
2022-05-09 Delete $2,800,000 for Greenwich Avenue Intersection from Budget Absent Failed
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 Absent Failed
2024-06-10 Amend Vacancy Filing Requirements - Wet Ink Only Absent Failed

Votes Cast

RTM District 7 (Jan '24 to Dec '25)

Date Measure Name Vote Outcome Modality
2024-06-10 Reject UPSEU Contract (item #40) Absent Failed Absent
2024-03-11 Amend Fair Rent Commission - Lower Vote Threshold from 5 to 4 Yes Passed In Person
2024-01-16 Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #17 Absent Passed Absent
2024-01-16 Motion - Limit Debate Absent Passed Absent
2024-06-10 Amend RTM Rules - Sec. II(B)(4)(b) Filling a Vacancy (item #25) Absent Passed Absent
2024-12-09 Consent Calendar Did Not Vote Passed Remote
2024-09-16 Consent Calendar Yes Passed In Person
2024-04-08 Net Zero Energy Standards SOMR (item #10) Yes Passed In Person
2024-10-28 Designate Historic Property - Bruce Park (item #10) Yes Passed In Person
2024-01-16 Motion - Postpone item #13 to March 2024 Absent Failed Absent
2024-01-16 Amend 6B Noise Ordinance - First Selectman/Law Dept (item #17) Absent Passed Absent
2024-06-10 Motion - Refer Moderator File Notice to L&R Absent Passed Absent
2024-06-10 $500,000 for a Transportation Safety Action Plan Absent Passed Absent
2024-01-16 Motion - Postpone item #5 Indefinitely Absent Passed Absent
2024-10-28 Reject LIUNA Contract (item #9) No Failed In Person
2024-06-10 Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #39 Absent Passed Absent
2024-04-08 Reject IAFF Local 1042 Firefighters Contract (item #7) No Failed In Person
2024-09-16 Reject Teamsters Local 456 Agreement (item #19) No Failed In Person
2024-01-16 Approve the Calendar for the '24-'25 term (item #4) Absent Passed Absent
2024-01-16 Amend Noise Ordinance - D11 Motion 2 - Sunset Clause Absent Failed Absent
2024-04-08 Reject GMEA Contract (item #8) No Failed In Person
2024-05-13 Bonding Resolution - Sewerage - $22,000,000 Absent Passed Absent
2024-05-13 Budget (FY24-25) As Amended Absent Passed Absent
2024-01-16 Consent Calendar Absent Passed Absent
2024-06-10 Consent Calendar Absent Passed Absent
2024-05-13 Bonding Resolution - Capital Budget - $76,231,000 Absent Passed Absent
2024-01-16 Elect a Moderator (item #2) Absent Passed Absent
2024-01-16 Motion - Reduce item #7 to $411,055 Absent Passed Absent
2024-01-16 Amend Noise Ordinance - HHS Absent Passed Absent
2024-04-08 Amend Net Zero Energy Standards SOMR Yes Passed In Person
2024-12-09 Amend RTM Rules - Sec. III (A) req. to file notice Yes Failed Remote
2024-06-10 Amend Vacancy Filing Requirements - Wet Ink Only Absent Failed Absent
2024-01-16 Increase Vol. Firefighters Tax Abatement to $2,000 (item #16) Absent Passed Absent
2024-03-11 Adopt an Ordinance for Fair Rent Commission (item #35) Yes Passed In Person
2024-06-10 Appointment - Lauren O'Keefe to the Board of Health Absent Passed Absent
2024-12-09 $700,000 - North Street Bridge Did Not Vote Passed Remote
2024-06-10 Designate Historic Property - Putnam Cottage (item #39) Absent Passed Absent
2024-09-16 Reject GOSA Agreement (item #20) No Failed In Person
2024-01-16 $411,055 for the Hamilton Avenue HVAC Replacement (item #7) Absent Passed Absent
2024-10-28 $799,200 Traffic Signal Upgrades (item #11) Yes Passed In Person
2024-03-11 Consent Calendar Yes Passed In Person
2024-09-16 Westchester County Airport Terminal Use Agreements (item #16) Yes Passed In Person
2024-06-10 $350,000 for the Wallace Center (items #27 & #28) Absent Passed Absent
2024-10-28 Consent Calendar Yes Passed In Person
2024-10-28 $1,565,000 for Fire Truck Replacement (item #7) Yes Passed In Person
2024-01-16 $110,000 for Kitchen Equipment at Nathaniel Witherell (item #13) Absent Passed Absent
2024-06-10 Appointment - Sarah Gamble to the Board of Health Absent Passed Absent
2024-06-10 $6,500,000 for Grass Island Treatment Plant (items #31 & #32) Absent Passed Absent
2024-04-08 Consent Calendar Yes Passed In Person
2024-03-11 Amend Fair Rent Commission - Require 2 Landlords and 2 Tenants No Failed In Person
2024-06-10 Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #25 Absent Passed Absent
2024-04-08 Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #10 Yes Passed In Person
2024-06-10 $3,850,000 for Round Hill Fire Station (items #33 & 34) Absent Passed Absent
2024-12-09 Bonding - $700,000 - North Street Bridge (item #14) Did Not Vote Passed Remote
2024-01-16 Amend Noise Ordinance - D11 Motion 1 - Provision 6B-6(E)(6) Absent Failed Absent
2024-06-10 Amend Vacancy Filing Requirements - Wet Ink or Electronic Absent Passed Absent
2024-06-10 $650,000 for Police Overtime Absent Passed Absent
2024-01-16 Amend Noise Ordinance - D10 Motion - Provision 6B‐6(E)(6) Absent Failed Absent
2024-06-10 $702,000 for Nathaniel Witherell Sewer (items #35 & #36) Absent Passed Absent
2024-01-16 Motion - Refer Noise Ordinance to Special Committee Absent Failed Absent
2024-10-28 Bonding - $1,565,000 - Fire Truck Replacement (item #8) No Failed In Person
2024-01-16 Elect a Moderator ProTempore (item #3) Absent Passed Absent
2024-12-09 Designate Historic Property - 98 Riverside Ave (item #12) Did Not Vote Passed Remote
2024-01-16 Amend Noise Ordinance - D11 Motion 3 - Special Exclusions Absent Failed Absent

Past Terms

Date Measure Name Vote Outcome Modality
2022-12-12 Motion - Postpone item #13 indefinitely No Failed In Person
2022-05-09 Delete $390,000 for Stairs/Ramps at BOE Parks from Budget Absent Failed Absent
2022-10-24 Reject Greenwich Education Association Contract (item #15) Yes Failed Remote
2023-05-08 Bonding Resolution - Capital Budget - $94,612,333 Absent Passed Absent
2023-01-17 Motion - Limit Committee Reports to 5 minutes No Passed In Person
2023-05-08 Bonding Resolution - Sewerage - $350,000 Absent Passed Absent
2023-06-12 Fire Marshal Fee Ordinance Amendment No Failed In Person
2022-09-19 Motion - Postpone item #19 to October 2022 No Failed In Person
2023-09-18 Designate Historic Property - Samuel Ferris Home (item #26) Absent Passed Absent
2022-12-12 Reject LIUNA Contract (item #13) No Failed In Person
2023-06-12 Fire Marshal Fee Ordinance (item #2) Yes Passed In Person
2022-12-12 RTM Electronic Voting Yes Passed In Person
2022-10-24 Consent Calendar Did Not Vote Passed Remote
2022-07-21 Eversource Easement for the Bruce Museum (item #1) Yes Passed Remote
2023-04-17 Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #13 Absent Failed Absent
2023-04-17 Motion - Postpone item #11 to June 2023 Absent Passed Absent
2022-09-19 Opt Out of State Minimum Parking Requirements (item #40) Yes Passed In Person
2023-04-17 Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #12 Absent Passed Absent
2022-04-11 GHS Cardinal Stadium Maintenance Agreement (item #13) Yes Passed Remote
2023-12-11 Call for '24-'25 RTM Moderator Candidates SOMR Yes Passed In Person
2022-12-12 Motion - Limit Debate Yes Passed In Person
2022-04-11 $114,662 for Fire for Maintenance of Building Systems (item #12) Yes Passed Remote
2022-05-09 Delete $1 for Fire Fighting from Budget Absent Passed Absent
2023-03-13 Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #7 Did Not Vote Failed In Person
2022-03-14 8-30g SOMR (item #35) Yes Passed Remote
2022-09-19 Motion - Postpone item #18 to October 2022 No Failed In Person
2022-06-13 Motion - Postpone item #18 indefinitely Yes Passed Remote
2022-06-13 Consent Calendar Yes Passed Remote
2022-03-14 Approve the GAHTF Declaration of Trust (item #34) Yes Passed Remote
2023-06-12 Consent Calendar Yes Passed In Person
2023-03-13 Motion - Suspend Rules to take item #8 Out Of Order Yes Passed In Person
2023-09-18 Consent Calendar Absent Passed Absent
2022-12-12 Open Space Plan (item #16) Yes Passed In Person
2023-05-08 Delete $950,000 for Hamill Rink Improvements from Budget Absent Passed Absent
2022-01-18 Set RTM Meeting Dates for '22-'23 Term (item #4) Yes Passed Remote
2023-12-11 Motion - Limit Debate Yes Passed In Person
2023-06-12 $275,000 Law Department (item #19) Yes Passed In Person
2023-01-17 $300,000 for Greenwich Senior Center (item #12) Yes Passed In Person
2023-06-12 Reject LIUNA Contract (item #20) No Failed In Person
2022-10-24 Leases for Boys & Girls Club and Abilis Inc. (items #10 & #11) Yes Passed Remote
2022-05-09 Motion - Proponent and Principal Opponent Open Debate Absent Failed Absent
2023-01-17 Motion - Limit Debate Yes Passed In Person
2022-04-11 Motion - Postpone item #13 to June 2022 No Failed Remote
2022-05-09 Delete $2,800,000 for Greenwich Avenue Intersection from Budget Absent Failed Absent
2023-03-13 Motion - Move Previous Question Yes Passed In Person
2023-03-13 Motion - RTM Electronic Voting (Appeal of Law Department Ruling) Did Not Vote Failed In Person
2023-04-17 Consent Calendar Absent Passed Absent
2022-06-13 Affordable Housing Plan Budget Overview Committee Amendment No Failed Remote
2023-01-17 CTCL Grant Amendment Yes Passed In Person
2023-10-23 Motion - Limit Debate Absent Passed Absent
2023-04-17 Eliminate Hybrid Option at Full RTM Meetings (item #12) Absent Failed Absent
2023-06-12 RTM Rules Change (item #3) No Failed In Person
2022-10-24 Motion - Postpone item #15 indefinitely No Failed Remote
2023-03-13 Rescind Amended item #10 from January 2023 (item #8) No Failed In Person
2022-12-12 Reject Vinci Gardens (item #14) No Failed In Person
2022-12-12 Consent Calendar Yes Passed In Person
2022-03-14 Consent Calendar Yes Passed Remote
2023-01-17 Motion - Move Previous Question Yes Passed In Person
2022-10-24 Appointment - Laurence Simon to the Board of Nathaniel Witherell No Passed Remote
2022-05-09 Delete $74,916 for EGCC from Budget Absent Passed Absent
2022-03-14 8-30g SOMR Amendment No Failed Remote
2023-10-23 Consent Calendar Absent Passed Absent
2022-12-12 Motion - Postpone item #12 indefinitely No Failed In Person
2022-04-11 Consent Calendar Yes Passed Remote
2023-01-17 Motion - Postpone item #11 to March 2023 No Passed In Person
2023-06-12 Motion - Limit Debate Yes Passed In Person
2022-09-19 Appointment - Richard Kaplan to the Board of Nathaniel Witherell No Passed In Person
2023-09-18 Appointment - M. Goldstein to the Board of Nathaniel Witherell Absent Failed Absent
2022-09-19 Appointment - Brad Markowitz to the Board of Nathaniel Witherell Yes Passed In Person
2023-12-11 Approve a MI for Old Greenwich School (item #19) Yes Passed In Person
2022-05-09 Motion - Extend Meeting to 1:00 AM Absent Passed Absent
2023-04-17 Fire Marshal Fee Ordinance (Appeal of Law Department Ruling) Absent Passed Absent
2023-09-18 Motion - Limit Debate Absent Passed Absent
2022-09-19 Consent Calendar Yes Passed In Person
2023-05-08 Budget (FY23-24) As Amended Absent Passed Absent
2023-10-30 Motion - Limit Debate Absent Passed Absent
2022-05-09 Budget (FY22-23) As Amended Absent Passed Absent
2023-01-17 Consent Calendar Yes Passed In Person
2023-10-23 Extend Property Tax Relief for Seniors and Disabled (item #7) Absent Passed Absent
2023-09-18 Motion - Refer Fair Rent Commission to Special Committee Absent Passed Absent
2023-01-17 Motion - Postpone item #4 to March 2023 Yes Passed In Person
2023-12-11 Motion - Postpone item #9 to January 2024 No Failed In Person
2022-09-19 $811,834.55 for School Security (item #41) Yes Passed In Person
2022-10-24 Reject Teamsters Local 456 Funding Agreement (item #14) No Failed Remote
2022-05-09 Delete $116,000 for Bible Street Pickle Ball Courts from Budget Absent Passed Absent
2023-03-13 Motion - Limit Debate Yes Passed In Person
2023-03-13 Agreement between TOG Fire Department and FCHIRT (item #6) Yes Passed In Person
2023-10-23 Motion - Limit Debate Absent Passed Absent
2022-12-12 Reject Arch-Greenwich Ave-Havemeyer Intersection (item #15) Yes Passed In Person
2023-01-17 $500,000 for GHS Vestibule (items #14 & #15) Yes Passed In Person
2023-09-18 Appointment - Jan Rogers Kniffen to the CMS Building Committee Absent Passed Absent
2023-09-18 Appointment - B. Radulovacki to the Board of Nathaniel Witherell Absent Passed Absent
2023-12-11 Greenwich-Stamford Multi-Use Trail (items #11 & #12) Yes Passed In Person
2023-01-17 $500,000 Registrar of Voters Grant from CTCL (item #10) Yes Passed In Person
2023-12-11 Increase Mooring Fee for the 2024 Boating Season (item #9) Yes Passed In Person
2022-05-09 Delete $50,000 for Roger Sherman Baldwin Park from Budget Absent Failed Absent
2023-09-18 $2,000,000 for GHS Soil Remediation (items #20 & #21) Absent Passed Absent
2022-05-09 Delete $45,000 for Rink Study from Budget Absent Passed Absent
2023-10-30 $42,017,000 for Central Middle School (items #1, #2, & #3) Absent Passed Absent
2023-04-17 $545,000 Approp. for Havemeyer Flood Project (item #10) Absent Passed Absent
2023-10-30 $750,000 for GHS Soil Remediation (items #4 & #5) Absent Passed Absent
2022-12-12 Reject UPSEU Contract (item #12) No Failed In Person
2023-04-17 Motion - Limit Debate Absent Passed Absent
2023-12-11 Bonding for the Parkway Water Filtration System (item #16) Yes Passed In Person
2023-10-30 Motion - Suspend Rules to Combine items #1-3 and items #4 & #5 Absent Passed Absent
2023-03-13 Consent Calendar Yes Passed In Person
2023-03-13 $9,600 Registrar of Voters Grant from CTCL (item #2) Yes Failed In Person
2022-03-14 $4,040,000 for Eastern Greenwich Civic Center (items #30 & #31) Yes Passed Remote
2023-12-11 Motion - Postpone item #13 to January 2024 Yes Passed In Person
2023-03-13 Motion - Suspend Rules to Combine items #1 and #4 Yes Passed In Person
2023-03-13 Motion - Postpone items #1 and #4 to April 2023 Yes Passed In Person
2023-01-17 $9,600 CTCL Grant Amendment Did Not Vote Passed In Person
2022-05-09 Bonding Resolution Absent Passed Absent
2023-10-23 Motion - Suspend Rules on the Second Reading of item #7 Absent Passed Absent
2023-12-11 $400,000 for the Parkway Water Filtration System (item #15) Yes Passed In Person
2022-06-13 Affordable Housing Plan (item #20) Yes Passed Remote
2022-09-19 Appointment - James Waters to the OGS Building Committee Yes Passed In Person
2022-05-09 BOE Acceptance of Federal COVID19 Funds Amendment Absent Failed Absent
2022-06-13 Affordable Housing Plan Finance Committee Amendment Yes Passed Remote
2022-05-09 Delete $270,267 for ARP Health Department Grant from Budget Absent Failed Absent
2022-06-13 $7,633,779 ESER III (ARP) Grant (item #19) Yes Passed Remote
2023-12-11 Motion - Postpone item #1 to January 2024 Yes Passed In Person
2022-05-09 Motion - Limit Debate Absent Passed Absent
2023-12-11 Consent Calendar Yes Passed In Person
2022-09-19 TOG Affordable Housing Trust Fund Amendments (items #38 & #39) Yes Passed In Person
2023-06-12 Amend Voter Verification to 90 Seconds (item #3) No Passed In Person