Ouray City Councilor Dee Hilton announced her resignation late Tuesday night, opening up a spot on a board that could see significant turnover depending upon the results of this fall’s election.

Mayor Pam Larson read a letter from Hilton at the end of a nearly four-hour City Council meeting Tuesday night in which Hilton indicated her life is “taking a different direction” and she will be moving to Montrose.

“Even though I will eventually be moving away, a piece of me will always be i...