Ouray County commissioners are still hedging whether to submit a ballot question that would fund more sheriff’s deputies, after Log Hill Mesa resident Richard Wojciechowski withdrew his citizen-proposed initiative with a similar aim.

During a work session Tuesday, commissioners debated the question of pushing on, which County Attorney Leo Caselli said would be risky. Sheriff Justin Perry also noted the workload placing a question on this November’s ballot would put on him, and verbally sp...