Coeur d'Alene mayor proclaims Traditional Family Values Month, citing Idaho resolution

Mayor Woody McEvers on June 3, 2025, issued a proclamation declaring Mother’s Day through Father’s Day 2025 as "Traditional Family Values Month" in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, citing Idaho House Concurrent Resolution 18 (HCR 18) as the basis for the local observance.

The proclamation text, read at the City Council meeting and entered on the city record, cites statistics and asserts benefits associated with "traditional family" structures and calls on community organizations to mark the month. The document concludes: "I hereby set my hand and cause the great seal of Coeur D'Alene to be affixed this 06/03/2025." The proclamation names Mayor Woody McEvers as the signatory.

The proclamation references HCR 18, a concurrent resolution passed by the Idaho Legislature in 2025, and uses language that emphasizes two‑parent, biological family structures and specific weeks dedicated to mothers, sons, grandparents, daughters and fathers. The proclamation text presented statistics about family structure and outcomes; those statistics are asserted in the printed proclamation and were read into the record during the meeting.

Several members of the public addressed the council after the proclamation was read. Resident Bill Green urged the city to repeat the observance annually and to explicitly include grandparents, saying, "How about you make it for every single year? ... put grandparents in there a lot and make this happen every year." Other attendees who spoke during public comment praised the proclamation and linked it to concerns about social trends observed in other states.

John Lisonbee of Interfaith Coeur d'Alene delivered the invocation before the proclamation was read. At the meeting a speaker thanked state legislators, saying Senator Ben Toews and Representative Joe Alfieri were persistent in getting HCR 18 enacted; that acknowledgement was made while introducing the local proclamation.

The record shows the mayor’s proclamation was affixed and entered into the city record at the June 3 meeting; the City Council did not record a separate roll‑call vote on the proclamation during the segments in the transcript.

The proclamation and the public comments that followed were recorded as part of the City Council meeting minutes for June 3, 2025. No city ordinance or regulatory change was proposed or adopted during the proclamation presentation.

Ending: The proclamation was presented and signed by Mayor Woody McEvers on June 3, 2025; members of the public used the comment period to voice support and ask that the observance recur annually.