City Budget Dialogue Final Reports You are invited... Portsmouth Listens, a neutral convener of citizen study circles on important local issues, invites to you participate in a citizen budget process. This March, we will convene citizens to work in small groups to develop their own collaborative city budgets. Citizens will receive a city-approved "Budget 101" training program on how your tax dollar is spent. Then you will deliberate as a group and decide your priorities for public services, and create your own "citizen's budget" that balances revenue and spending measures in line with your priorities. Your final budgets and priorities will be given to the City Council as public input to this year’s budget. Sign up today!