How RTM Members Voted on $800K Cut

For informational purposes, here is how Representative Town Meeting members voted on an $800,000 reduction to the Board of Education's proposed 2011-12 budget as it was approved by the Board of Finance. The $800,000 reduction passed on a 22-20 vote, with one abstention, leaving the Board of Education's budget at $145.68 million for the 2011-12 fiscal year, which begins July 1:

Voting in Favor:

District 1:

Michael Herley (R)

Carolyn Richmond (R)

District 2:

Peter Ambrose (R)

John Wesley Jones (R)

District 3:

Edward J. Bateson III (R)

Francis "Hank" Ference (R)

Mary I. McCullough (R)

Richard L. Santalesa (R)

District 4:

Joseph J. Palmer (R)

Richard Parker (R)

District 6:

Christopher P. DeSanctis (R)

District 7:

Harold G. Schwartz (D)

District 8:

Kathryn L. Braun (R)

Alexis P. Harrison (R)

Elizabeth P. Hoffmann (R)

Thomas E. McCarthy (R)

District 9:

Faith Dillon (R)

Mark McGinty (R)

James Millington (R)

Nicholas D. Mirabile (R)

District 10:

Joseph P. Cafferelli (R)

Carol J. Way (R)

Voting Against:

District 1:

David M. Becker (R)

Eric G. Sundman (R)

District 2:

Jeffrey R. Steele (R)

Chad Stewart (R)

Keith Storm Varian (R)

District 3:

Thomas P. Conley (R)

District 5:

Joshua Garskof (D)

Christopher M. McAleese (D)

Ruth A. Smey (D)

Ann Stamler (D)

District 6:

Christopher J. Brogan (D)

Patti Dyer (D)

Sheila H. Marmion (D)

Cristin McCarthy Vahey (D)

District 7:

Jennifer Hochberg (D)

Kevin L. Hoffkins (D)

William Llewellyn (R)

District 8:

James Takami (R)

District 10:

Brian R. Farnen (R)

Michael Mears (R)

Abstention:

District 4:

Stephanie Parker

Not Present for Vote:

Bruce Challinor, R-1; Joseph M. DeMartino, R-4; Arthur G. Hug, R-4; Joseph Gall, D-5; Timothy C. Lynch, R-7; Joseph L.A. Felner, Jr., R-9; Matthew Rubino, R-10.