Heather Bell RADFORD – Radford City Manager Todd Meredith has presented a proposed budget for fiscal year 2027 to the members of the Radford City Council, including a five-cent real estate tax increase, and increases to the city’s water and electric rates. The proposed budget is balanced, with a general fund of $35,380,494. Of that total, $10,719,953 is spent on public safety, $7,320,466 on education (with $5.994,142 of that to Radford City Public Schools for the locally required effort), $4,502,529 for general administration, $2,180,484 to judicial administration, $1,441,445 to public works, $4,314,019 to health and human services, $2,997,054 to parks,...