Ouray city leaders swore in a new mayor and city councilor Monday night, then turned their attention to the council’s most pressing issue: Finding and appointing two more councilors to fill out the ranks.

Mayor Michael Underwood and Councilor Jenny Hart took their oaths of office and joined holdover Councilor Peggy Lindsey, giving the council just enough members to carry out the business of the city.

Underwood, who was in the middle of a four-year term as a councilor, defeated fellow Councilor T...