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Resident urges action after photos show dogs on cemetery graves; alleges DCI investigation into corruption
Summary
At the Sept. 2 Rock Springs council meeting, resident Shirley Cukale presented photos showing dogs using cemetery graves and said she received a "134‑page investigation from DCI that details corruption;" councilors asked to see the pictures after the meeting.
During public comment at the Sept. 2 meeting of the Rock Springs City Council, resident Shirley Cukale urged the council to address repeated incidents she said showed people allowing their dogs to relieve themselves on graves at the city cemetery. She told the council she had photographic evidence and asked the mayor and council to act.
Cukale also told the council she had received "a 134‑page investigation from DCI that details corruption." Councilor Demas asked to see Cukale's pictures after the meeting; the transcript records no city response or investigation action taken during the session.
The council did not take formal action on the cemetery issue during the meeting; Cukale said she had previously sought to speak on other agenda items and instead raised the matter during petitions. The city clerk's minutes show no immediate follow‑up directive recorded in the meeting minutes.
If the council or city staff wish to pursue the matter, next steps would typically include reviewing the photos, confirming location and ownership of the graves, and referring enforcement or sanitation questions to the appropriate department; none of those follow‑up actions appear in the Sept. 2 minutes.
