3.7 IRIS Proclamation
Request for
City Council Action
DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT REQUESTOR: MEETING DATE:
Administration City Clerk Etzel September 27, 2021
PRESENTER(s) REVIEWED BY: ITEM #:
Consent City Administrator/Finance Director Flaherty 3.7 - IRIS Proclamation
STRATEGIC VISION
MEETS: THE CITY OF OTSEGO:
X Is a strong organization that is committed to leading the community through innovative
communication.
Has proactively expanded infrastructure to responsibly provide core services.
Is committed to delivery of quality emergency service responsive to community needs and
expectations in a cost-effective manner.
Is a social community with diverse housing, service options, and employment opportunities.
Is a distinctive, connected community known for its beauty and natural surroundings.
AGENDA ITEM DETAILS
RECOMMENDATION:
City staff recommends adoption of a proclamation.
ARE YOU SEEKING APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT? IS A PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED?
No No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
City Staff has received a request from Infants Remembered in Silence, Inc. (IRIS) a 501(c)3 nonprofit
organization to adopt a proclamation endorsing October 15, 2021 as Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Remembrance Day. Bereaved parents remember these children annually with a 7 pm candle lighting on
October 15th. Some will remember their child/children in their homes while others will remember with
small gathering around the state and across the nation. The proclamation would unify these parents in
tribute of their children.
The Administrative Subcommittee reviewed this request at the September 8, 2021 meeting, and agreed
with the request and recommended adopting. Staff has prepared a Proclamation for City Council
consideration.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
▪ Proclamation
POSSIBLE MOTION
PLEASE WORD MOTION AS YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO APPEAR IN THE MINUTES:
Motion to adopt a Proclamation recognizing National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day on
October 15, 2021.
BUDGET INFORMATION
FUNDING: BUDGETED:
N/A N/A
PROCLAMATION
Recognizing National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
Whereas, Infants Remembered In Silence, Inc. (IRIS) and many other nonprofit organizations
work with thousands of parents all over Minnesota and across the United States who have
experienced the death of a child during pregnancy through early childhood; and
Whereas, Many of these parents live in, deliver in, have a child die in, or a bury a child in our
community; and
Whereas, Infants Remembered In Silence (IRIS) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization was founded
1987, 33 years ago, to offer support for parents whose child/children died from miscarriage,
ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirth, neo-natal death, birth defects, sudden
unexplained death of a child (SUDC), sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), illness, accidents,
and all other types of infants and early childhood death; and
Whereas, Bereaved parents around the world remember their children annually on October 15th
with candle lighting at 7 pm. Some will remember their child/children in their homes while
others will remember them in small gatherings around the state, across the nation and around the
world; and this would unify these parents in tribute to their children; and
Whereas, In 1988, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October as National Pregnancy and
Infant Loss Awareness month; and
Whereas, In honor of the thousands of children that die each year in Minnesota, Infants
Remembered In Silence, Inc. (IRIS) respectfully requests that October 15th, 2021 be recognized
as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
Now, Therefore, be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Otsego, Minnesota.
Dated: September 27, 2021
By Order of Mayor
_____________________________
City of Otsego
Jessica Stockamp, Mayor
ATTEST: ________________________
Audra Etzel, City Clerk