The Ouray City Council informally agreed Monday night to maintain the limit on short-term rental permits at 120, saying it’s premature to consider reducing that number and contending city officials have more important issues to tackle at the moment.

The issue of short-term rentals came up as a discussion item near the end of Monday’s meeting, eight months after the council voted to cap the number of short-term rental permits issued in the city at 120. Councilors didn’t take any formal actio...