Measure: FY26-27 Budget Guidelines SOMR (item #28)
Passed on 2025-06-09
WHEREAS the Board of Estimate and Taxation (“BET”) has established three affordability guidelines to maintain the amount of debt and the annual debt service in line with the level of the Town’s operations and tax base. These guidelines are:
- The Town shall finance a minimum of 10% of its capital projects appropriated in a given year, net of expected related reimbursements, with cash generated from the Capital Tax Levy in that same year.
- The Town shall maintain a ratio of Debt Service to the Total Expenses of no more than 11%.
- The Town shall maintain a ratio of Net Debt to the most recent Grand List of no more than 0.75%.
WHEREAS the budget guidelines for the following fiscal year, which are published by the BET in October, guide the potential increases to both the Operating and Capital Budgets for the Town and the Board of Education.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that it is the sense of the Representative Town Meeting that the First Selectman and the Chairman of the BET present to the full RTM at its September 15, 2025 meeting their specific and detailed plan to adjust the Capital plan, including the proposed financing for the plan, for the 15 Fiscal Years beginning with FY 2026-2027 and ending with FY 2040-2041 so that the Capital plan for those Fiscal Years is in compliance with the above BET affordability guidelines.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the BET present a proposal for developing a policy for the Budget Guidelines for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 and all future years to allow for all BET members to be involved in drafting the guidelines as well as public input to the draft guidelines before the guidelines are finalized and issued.
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At a Glance
Party Breakdown
- Democrats were most likely to vote: Yes
- Republicans were most likely to vote: Did Not Vote
- Unaffiliateds were split between: Yes and Did Not Vote
Vote Breakdown
Overall Outcome
Outcome by District
Votes by District
Votes Cast
RTM
| Name | District | Vote | Modality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin T. Leibrock | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrea J. Casson | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Sharon Lee Lazar | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Elizabeth Porcher "Shaye" Hester | District 9 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Robert W. Carter | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Patricia Adams | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Cathleen M. "Cate" Keeney | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Allison W. Rogers | District 5 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Linda A. Cochran | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrew Oliver II | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Jennifer Alexis Jones | District 2 | Yes | Remote |
| Sophia Scarpelli | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Coline Jenkins | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Paul A. Olmsted | District 5 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Karsten A. Vagner | District 3 | Yes | Remote |
| Elizabeth Bradford Hopley | District 11 | No | Remote |
| Cheryl A. Moss | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Charles F. Costello | District 4 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Samuelle "Sammie" Terese Lazar Jacobs | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Richard P. Niemynski | District 4 | No | Remote |
| Frederick R. Feldman | District 1 | Absent | Absent |
| Elizabeth "Betsy" J. Galindo | District 7 | Abstain | In Person |
| Felice "Felix" Rovelli | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Debbie L. Appelbaum | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Sheila M. Phelan | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Thomas K. Carroll | District 10 | Absent | Absent |
| Peter B Levy | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Carol A. Zarrilli | District 9 | No | In Person |
| Laura P. Gladstone | District 2 | Absent | Absent |
| Thomas Agresta | District 12 | No | Remote |
| Elizabeth S. Urdang | District 1 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Anthony James Moor | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Susan Fahey | District 11 | Abstain | In Person |
| Douglas M. Fenton | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Pamela C. Pell | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Elizabeth C. Mac Gillivray | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Lauren B. O'Keefe | District 9 | No | Remote |
| Sean Andrew Olesen | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Janet McMahon | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Eric P. Beiley | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| David A. Levine | District 1 | Absent | Absent |
| Maria Bocchino | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Pamela R. Ferraro | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Victoria Martin Young | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Stephanie A. Cowie | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Christina S. Downey | District 5 | Absent | Absent |
| Andrew Vranos | District 12 | Absent | Absent |
| Brian J. Malin | District 9 | No | Remote |
| Jane C. Weisbecker | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Michael J. Acerbo | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Ellen Murdock | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Daniel E. P. Quigley | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| W. Brooks Harris | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Jaysen Lee Medhurst | District 1 | Absent | Absent |
| Ramya T. Hopley | District 10 | Absent | Absent |
| Peter J. Samponaro | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Diego Sanchez | District 4 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Lucy B. Krasnor | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Lindy M. Lilien | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Alison F. Soler | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Francis J. "Kip" Burgweger Jr | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Peter G. Van Duyne | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Donna F. Gaudioso-Zeale | District 9 | No | Remote |
| P. Jude Collins | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Ingrid Hang | District 11 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Michael J. D'Angelo | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Noelle Marie Moore | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Hilary A. Gunn | District 7 | Abstain | Remote |
| Alice B. Duff | District 7 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Edward D. Dadakis | District 1 | No | In Person |
| Morgan R. Evans | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Kara L. Philbin | District 10 | Absent | Absent |
| Joshua H. Brown | District 4 | No | In Person |
| Ellen M. Brennan-Galvin | District 7 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Sandra K. Harris | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Alexis Voulgaris | District 6 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Mary A. Keller | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Daniel Izzo | District 6 | Yes | Remote |
| James J Finn | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Carol C. Ducret | District 6 | No | Remote |
| Christopher M. Langel | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Jane S. Sulich | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Craig E. Chapman | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| James Waters | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Tiffany A. Evangelista | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Jennifer Ann Klein | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Ferdinando G. Schiro | District 9 | Abstain | Remote |
| Andrew S. Winston | District 12 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Andrea Lynn Blume | District 4 | No | In Person |
| Jocelyn Y. Riddle | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Kimberly R. Treibick | District 5 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Mark J. Lewis | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Allyson T. Cowin | District 10 | No | Remote |
| M. Irene Dietrich | District 8 | No | In Person |
| Hale Bayram | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Alison W. Ghiorse | District 1 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Marianne Gattinella | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Karen B. Giannuzzi | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Joanne I. Steinhart | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Maya L Tichio | District 7 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Brian George Sullivan | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Steven P. Rubin | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Jennifer Ann Andrews | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Ammar F. Murad | District 2 | Absent | Absent |
| Ogden H. Hammond | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Stacy A. Young | District 9 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Jan Rogers Kniffen | District 11 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Kathleen L. "Kate" Laverge | District 5 | Absent | Absent |
| Marilyn Ross Cahn | District 6 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Walter E. "Skip" Auch | District 11 | No | In Person |
| Gregory J. Zorthian | District 11 | Abstain | In Person |
| Dean C. Goss | District 1 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Nicole Murphy Chaudhri | District 6 | Yes | Remote |
| Richard S. Montier | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Barbara T. Darula | District 9 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Kathleen M. Myer | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Abbe F. Large | District 9 | Absent | Absent |
| Margaret H. Butler | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Chloe H. Rosenfeld | District 1 | Yes | Remote |
| Lucy von Brachel | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Gregory D Brown | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Hilary Haroche | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Genevieve J. "Genny" Krob | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Abigail R. McCarthy | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Valerie Stauffer | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Jonathan A. Kantor | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Averardo "Aldo" Pascarella | District 2 | Absent | Absent |
| David P. Snyder | District 6 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Samuel Aaron Rosenfeld | District 1 | Yes | Remote |
| Gerald Joseph Porricelli | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Jane Owen Brash | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| William W. Galvin III | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Dawn M. Fortunato | District 3 | Yes | Remote |
| Thomas M. West | District 11 | No | In Person |
| Stephen R. Meskers | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Robert M. Chaney | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Craig W. Amundson | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Ronald F. Carosella | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Elizabeth J. "Liz" Eckert | District 4 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Jillian C. Aufderheide | District 1 | No | In Person |
| Seth W. Bacon | District 4 | Yes | Remote |
| Mary Connolly Flynn | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Joan B. Thakor | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Jill T. Kelly | District 2 | Absent | Absent |
| Paul C. Genovese | District 3 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Blake S. Delany | District 2 | No | In Person |
| Francia Alvarez | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Michelle M. Waugh | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Aakash Patel | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Cathryn Fineman "Cathy" Steel | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Victoria "Vicki" Spencer Morton | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Mary Tobin | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Julia H. Lane | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| D. Ryan Brumberg | District 10 | Absent | Absent |
| Barbara Galton Hindman | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Joseph J. Kelly | District 2 | Absent | Absent |
| Mary Ellen D. Markowitz | District 2 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Jill M. Capalbo | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Nerlyn G. Pierson | District 11 | Yes | Remote |
| Christopher J Colford | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Glen A. Canner | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Vinay S. Pande | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Patricia "Patti" DeFelice | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Michael P. Behringer | District 7 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Christine L. Edwards | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Kimberly Morgan Blank | District 7 | Abstain | Remote |
| Valerie A. D'Angelo | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Vernon B. Schwartz | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Elizabeth Mills "Sanders" | District 1 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Caryn S. Rosenbaum | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Isra Selin Bayram | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Edward T. Broadhurst III | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Joyce P. "Jay" Teevan | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Donald R. Conway | District 2 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Mary M. "Molly" Saleeby | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Alexander J. Popp | District 4 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Pamela Mercedes Fontana | District 10 | Yes | Remote |
| Rosemarie Macaluso | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Louisa H. Stone | District 10 | Yes | In Person |
| Noah R. Finz | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Richard J. Neuman | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Myra H. Klockenbrink | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Jeffrey S. Urdang | District 1 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Laura A. Estevez | District 4 | No | In Person |
| Thomas J. Cahill | District 7 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Rosalind Nicastro | District 3 | Abstain | Remote |
| Amaris Loren Guadalupe | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Brigitte A. Lee | District 1 | Abstain | In Person |
| Katherine N. LoBalbo | District 2 | Abstain | In Person |
| Sally E. Bednar | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Elizabeth "Liz" Dyer Tommasino | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Anthony Cicchetti | District 9 | Abstain | In Person |
| Elizabeth "Wynn" McDaniel | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Lisa Becker Edmundson | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| John V. Bologna | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Katharine Ashworth | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Hector E. Arzeno | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Geralyn Beth O. Rubenstein | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Kristen Niemynski | District 4 | No | Remote |
| Adam L. Leader | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Michael T. Goldstein | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Tracy D. Parsons "Grossman" | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Cliff M. Yonce | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Peter M. Cruikshank | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Jonathan R. Shankman | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Amelia Cara Szabo | District 9 | Absent | Absent |
| Bonnie Zeh | District 4 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| John M. Merrill | District 6 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Pragati Soni | District 2 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| John S. Hopley | District 10 | Absent | Absent |
| Stacey L. Widlitz | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| James J. Capparelle | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Frederick Lee Jr | District 1 | No | In Person |
| Erika Walsh | District 2 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Allison C. "Icy" Frantz | District 5 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Catherine L. Whitaker | District 5 | Absent | Absent |
| Aaron J. Leonard | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Tracy H. Freedman | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| William J. "Bill" Meurer | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Javier A. Aleman | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Lynn B. Garelick | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Jane S. Sprung | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Sylvester J. Pecora Sr. | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Nan Michelle Levy | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Jordan E Yarett | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Thomas M. Devaney | District 11 | Abstain | Remote |
| Adam M. Brodsky | District 11 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Keith A. Damsky | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Barbara E. O'Neill | District 6 | Yes | In Person |