The Ohio Department of Taxation (ODT) has released the August 2016 Public Library Fund (PLF) distribution. This month’s distribution of $27,904,769 brings the year-to-date total to $249,274,232. The August 2016 distribution is $667,430 (-2.34%) less than ODT’s estimate for the month and about $1.15 million (-3.95%) than the August 2015 distribution.

A look at the PLF distribution for the past three years and a link to an Excel spreadsheet listing each county’s distribution total for August 2016 can be found on the OLC website.