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