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 - Suspend Rules to Add Non-Agenda SOMR to the Agenda (2025-04-21)
- Motion - Move Previous Question (2025-04-21)
- Amend GPS Budget SOMR - D6 Motion (2025-04-21)
- Sustain Ruling of the Chair (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joan B. Thakor | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Frederick Lee Jr | District 1 | Absent | Absent |
| Isra Selin Bayram | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Julia H. Lane | District 1 | Yes | Remote |
| Marianne Gattinella | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Edward T. Broadhurst III | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Lisa Becker Edmundson | District 8 | Yes | Remote |
| Pamela Mercedes Fontana | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Elizabeth C. Mac Gillivray | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Christine L. Edwards | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Noah R. Finz | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Tiffany A. Evangelista | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Laura A. Estevez | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Ammar F. Murad | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Carol C. Ducret | District 6 | Abstain | Remote |
| Daniel E. P. Quigley | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| William W. Galvin III | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Ingrid Hang | District 11 | No | In Person |
| Barbara T. Darula | District 9 | No | Remote |
| Sharon Lee Lazar | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Francis J. "Kip" Burgweger Jr | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Thomas J. Cahill | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Myra H. Klockenbrink | District 8 | 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 |
| Morgan R. Evans | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Felice "Felix" Rovelli | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Stacey L. Widlitz | District 6 | Yes | Remote |
| Kara L. Philbin | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Amaris Loren Guadalupe | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Peter J. Samponaro | District 11 | Absent | Absent |
| Sheila M. Phelan | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Vernon B. Schwartz | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| James J Finn | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Samuelle "Sammie" Terese Lazar Jacobs | District 8 | Yes | Remote |
| Douglas M. Fenton | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Jane C. Weisbecker | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Keith A. Damsky | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Alexis Voulgaris | District 6 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Dawn M. Fortunato | District 3 | Yes | Remote |
| Joanne I. Steinhart | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Andrea J. Casson | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Brigitte A. Lee | District 1 | Absent | Absent |
| Mary Connolly Flynn | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Peter M. Cruikshank | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| David P. Snyder | District 6 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Christopher M. Langel | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Lynn B. Garelick | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrea Lynn Blume | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Abigail R. McCarthy | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Tracy H. Freedman | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| William J. "Bill" Meurer | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Nan Michelle Levy | District 10 | No | In Person |
| 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 |
| Sylvester J. Pecora Sr. | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Elizabeth "Liz" Dyer Tommasino | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Anthony James Moor | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Tracy D. Parsons "Grossman" | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Patricia "Patti" DeFelice | District 9 | Abstain | Remote |
| Jennifer Ann Andrews | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Kathleen M. Myer | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Genevieve J. "Genny" Krob | District 8 | 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 |
| Gerald Joseph Porricelli | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Chloe H. Rosenfeld | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Dean C. Goss | District 1 | Did Not Vote | 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 Vranos | District 12 | No | Remote |
| Jeffrey S. Urdang | District 1 | Yes | Remote |
| Mary Tobin | District 6 | Yes | Remote |
| Jane Owen Brash | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Louisa H. Stone | District 10 | Yes | In Person |
| Michael T. Goldstein | District 10 | Abstain | Remote |
| Laura P. Gladstone | District 2 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Martin T. Leibrock | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| John S. Hopley | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Ogden H. Hammond | District 10 | Abstain | Remote |
| Thomas M. West | District 11 | No | Remote |
| David A. Levine | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Jan Rogers Kniffen | District 11 | No | Remote |
| Jordan E Yarett | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Amelia Cara Szabo | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Thomas M. Devaney | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Victoria Martin Young | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| John V. Bologna | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| M. Irene Dietrich | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| 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 |
| Debbie L. Appelbaum | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Aakash Patel | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Alison F. Soler | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Linda A. Cochran | District 5 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Peter G. Van Duyne | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Jennifer Alexis Jones | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Barbara E. O'Neill | District 6 | Absent | Absent |
| Stephanie A. Cowie | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Jaysen Lee Medhurst | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Gregory D Brown | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Averardo "Aldo" Pascarella | District 2 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Diego Sanchez | District 4 | Yes | Remote |
| Steven P. Rubin | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Ramya T. Hopley | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Christopher J Colford | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Jonathan A. Kantor | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Francia Alvarez | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Jennifer Ann Klein | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Victoria "Vicki" Spencer Morton | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Alice B. Duff | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Craig W. Amundson | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Brian J. Malin | District 9 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Jonathan R. Shankman | District 9 | No | Remote |
| Charles F. Costello | District 4 | Yes | Remote |
| Hilary A. Gunn | District 7 | Yes | In Person |
| Brian George Sullivan | District 8 | Absent | Absent |
| Adam L. Leader | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Jane S. Sulich | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Pamela R. Ferraro | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Jill T. Kelly | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Jocelyn Y. Riddle | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Donna F. Gaudioso-Zeale | District 9 | Absent | Absent |
| Pragati Soni | District 2 | Yes | Remote |
| Donald R. Conway | District 2 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Joshua H. Brown | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Daniel Izzo | District 6 | Yes | Remote |
| Michael P. Behringer | District 7 | No | Remote |
| Aaron J. Leonard | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Noelle Marie Moore | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Catherine L. Whitaker | District 5 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Allison W. Rogers | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Thomas K. Carroll | District 10 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Kimberly R. Treibick | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Jane S. Sprung | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Abbe F. Large | District 9 | Abstain | Remote |
| Lindy M. Lilien | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Paul A. Olmsted | District 5 | No | Remote |
| Jonathan M. Perloe | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Valerie Stauffer | District 7 | No | In Person |
| Coline Jenkins | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Caryn S. Rosenbaum | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Elizabeth "Betsy" J. Galindo | District 7 | Abstain | In Person |
| Blake S. Delany | District 2 | Yes | Remote |
| Barbara Galton Hindman | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Adam M. Brodsky | District 11 | No | Remote |
| Robert W. Carter | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Erika Walsh | District 2 | Yes | Remote |
| Mark J. Lewis | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrew S. Winston | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Richard S. Montier | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Stephen R. Meskers | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Craig E. Chapman | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Nerlyn G. Pierson | District 11 | Absent | Absent |
| Cliff M. Yonce | District 10 | No | Remote |
| Richard P. Niemynski | District 4 | No | Remote |
| Cathleen M. "Cate" Keeney | District 11 | 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 |
| Sean Andrew Olesen | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Rosemarie Macaluso | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Katherine N. LoBalbo | District 2 | Yes | In Person |
| Hector E. Arzeno | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Ellen M. Brennan-Galvin | District 7 | Absent | Absent |
| Gregory J. Zorthian | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Seth W. Bacon | District 4 | Yes | 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 |
| Eric P. Beiley | District 5 | Yes | Remote |
| Ronald F. Carosella | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Michelle M. Waugh | District 6 | Yes | In Person |
| Andrew Oliver II | District 8 | No | Remote |
| Kimberly Morgan Blank | District 7 | Yes | Remote |
| John M. Merrill | District 6 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Paul C. Genovese | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Michael J. D'Angelo | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Alexander J. Popp | District 4 | No | Remote |
| Carol A. Zarrilli | District 9 | No | In Person |
| Mary A. Keller | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Patricia Adams | District 9 | Yes | In Person |
| Mary Ellen D. Markowitz | District 2 | Yes | Remote |
| Kristen Niemynski | District 4 | No | Remote |
| Bonnie Zeh | District 4 | No | In Person |
| Sally E. Bednar | District 6 | Abstain | In Person |
| Walter E. "Skip" Auch | District 11 | No | Remote |
| Lucy von Brachel | District 4 | Yes | In Person |
| Elizabeth Mills "Sanders" | District 1 | Abstain | In Person |
| Elizabeth S. Urdang | District 1 | Yes | Remote |
| Katharine Ashworth | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Pamela C. Pell | District 10 | No | In Person |
| Jill M. Capalbo | District 8 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| Edward D. Dadakis | District 1 | Abstain | In Person |
| Elizabeth J. "Liz" Eckert | District 4 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Ferdinando G. Schiro | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| Valerie A. D'Angelo | District 12 | Yes | Remote |
| Allyson T. Cowin | District 10 | No | 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 |
| Rosalind Nicastro | District 3 | Abstain | Remote |
| Jillian C. Aufderheide | District 1 | No | Remote |
| Susan Fahey | District 11 | Yes | In Person |
| Allison C. "Icy" Frantz | District 5 | Yes | In Person |
| Mary M. "Molly" Saleeby | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Frederick R. Feldman | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Javier A. Aleman | District 4 | Absent | Absent |
| Glen A. Canner | District 12 | Yes | In Person |
| Hale Bayram | District 3 | Yes | In Person |
| Cathryn Fineman "Cathy" Steel | District 11 | Yes | Remote |
| Michael J. Acerbo | District 9 | No | In Person |
| Elizabeth Porcher "Shaye" Hester | District 9 | Yes | Remote |
| James J. Capparelle | District 8 | Did Not Vote | In Person |
| D. Ryan Brumberg | District 10 | Did Not Vote | Remote |
| Alison W. Ghiorse | District 1 | Yes | In Person |
| Hilary Haroche | District 10 | Abstain | In Person |
| Maya L Tichio | District 7 | Abstain | In Person |
| Janet McMahon | District 8 | Yes | In Person |
| Karen B. Giannuzzi | District 11 | Yes | In Person |