Bristol Virginia City residents will pay higher real estate taxes now that the new fiscal spending plan was approved. The city’s real estate tax rate will increase 5 cents per 100-dollars of assessed value. The approved 83-million dollar budget is complete with a 3 percent raise for all city and school system employees. The school budget represents well over 24-million of the total plan and represents a modest increase in funding. Some were critical of not conducting workshops to allow council members to understand the budget specifics. They say this was the first year that a budget review process was not available. (bg)