The process in city government to authorize and appropriate funds to accomplish city projects and business can be a lengthy one, but the Portsmouth City Council will undertake that process and discuss several pieces of legislation when it meets at 6 p.m. today in council chambers. To ensure proper consideration and the opportunity for the public to provide input, ordinances allocating funds require three public readings during regular council meetings, unless a reason presents itself to expedite the process by invoking passage on an emergency basis.
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