Ouray County Public Health Director Tanner Kingery asked county commissioners Tuesday to schedule a conversation about a mask mandate, prompted by a recent increase in COVID-19 cases.

He didn’t recommend adopting one, telling them there were both reasons for and against a local public health order, but asked them to have “a more in-depth conversation at a later date” about it.

He pointed to the recent increase in cases in Ouray County; October has so far had the highest average case count si...