Harrisonburg's proposed budget includes an 11 percent hike in the real estate tax rate. The rate would increase from 72 cents per $100 of assessed value to 80 cents.

This would be the highest real estate tax rate for the city since 1979.

Tuesday night, city council will decide where to set the tax rate. Richard Baugh, the vice mayor of the city of Harrisonburg, explains why a tax hike is needed.