Pledge Status
Did Not Report
Pledge Date
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Program Year
2023
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Action Items Committed for 2023
- Issue a proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat. This proclamation must incorporate a focus on monarch conservation.
- Launch or maintain a public communication effort to encourage residents to plant monarch gardens at their homes or in their neighborhoods. (If you have community members who speak a language other than English, we encourage you to also communicate in that language; Champion Pledges must communicate in that language.)
- Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
- Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.
- Integrate monarch butterfly conservation into the city’s Park Master Plan, Sustainability Plan, Climate Resiliency Plan or other city plans.
- Increase the percentage of native plants, shrubs and trees that must be used in city landscaping ordinances and encourage use of milkweed, where appropriate.
- Change weed or mowing ordinances to allow for native prairie and plant habitats.
- Remove milkweed from the list of noxious plants in city weed / landscaping ordinances (if applicable).
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Elizabeth Davies | 2026 | 1/26/2026 | View Pledge | |
| Mayor Rhett Taylor | 2025 | 2/7/2025 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Mayor of Grayslake Rhett Taylor | 2024 | 2/14/2024 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor of Grayslake Rhett Taylor | 2023 | 1/4/2023 | View Pledge | |
| Mayor Rhett Taylor | 2022 | 4/1/2022 | View Pledge | |
| Mayor Rhett Taylor | 2021 | 3/10/2021 | View Pledge |
