Dear Editor: On Monday, Oct. 30, I attended the Ouray City Council budget work session. I would like to thank the council for its thoughtful consideration of taking a temporary credit for its 2024 general property tax mill levy, a proposed reduction of 3.3 mills based on a preliminary calculation by City Administrator Silas Clarke. Much deliberation by council with input from city staff went into this proposal and it will not be official until the Dec. 4 council meeting.