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