Ouray city officials are considering big improvements to the Ouray Hot Springs Pool’s fitness center, and while offices for pool staff are currently being constructed in the fitness area, the gym remains open to patrons.

City councilors asked staff on Oct. 31 to set aside $85,000 in the city’s 2023 draft budget for new equipment and flooring at the fitness center. The two offices being built in the fitness space will take up less than a quarter of the gym’s 1,755-square-foot space, ...