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ITEM: 6A
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: October 14, 2025
PREPARED BY: Jason Wedel, City Manager
PRESENTED BY: Jason Wedel
AGENDA ITEM: Proclamation Declaring October 2025 as Domestic Violence
Awareness Month
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Proclaim October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month
BACKGROUND:
The Prior Lake City Council has for the last fifteen years lent its support to the fight against
domestic violence by proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Southern
Valley Alliance has asked the City Council for its support by making this proclamation. Southern
Valley Alliance will be present to speak about the importance of bringing awareness to this
nationwide issue.
Domestic violence affects people from all communities, Prior Lake and the SMSC are no
exception. This will be the fifteenth year in a row that the Prior Lake City Council will proclaim
October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In honor of this proclamation the lights on CR21
through downtown will be purple for the month of October.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2025 Proclamation
City of Prior Lake | 4646 Dakota Street SE | Prior Lake MN 55372
PROCLAMATION
DECLARING OCTOBER 2025 AS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN PRIOR LAKE
WHEREAS, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men in the U.S. have been the victim of severe physical violence by
an intimate partner in their lifetime; and
WHEREAS, more than 23,000 calls are placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide every day; and
WHEREAS, calls to our local domestic abuse crisis line, Southern Valley Alliance, have increased 23%
in the last year; and
WHEREAS, the impact of domestic violence is felt not only by individuals and families, but
communities and the nation as a whole; and
WHEREAS, Prior Lake joins with others across the state of Minnesota and nationwide in supporting
domestic violence victims and survivors, the advocates and organizations who serve them,
and holding offenders accountable in Prior Lake.
NOW THEREFORE, I, KIRT BRIGGS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA
hereby proclaim October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the City of Prior Lake, and recognize the
critical work being done by domestic violence advocates in service of survivors and victims of domestic abuse. I
encourage all citizens to actively engage in the work and events sponsored by Southern Valley Alliance and other
organizations working toward an elimination of domestic violence.
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Kirt Briggs, Mayor