With the help of OLC’s consultant Dr. Howard Fleeter, the OLC has updated the county-by-county Public Library Fund (PLF) estimates for the remainder of Calendar Year (CY) 2023.

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This file takes the Ohio Department of Taxation’s June 2023 spreadsheet and does the following:

1. Updates CY23 County-by-County estimated PLF amounts for October, November and December.
2. Yellow highlighted (Column Q): this is ODT’s June 28 estimated totals.
3. Green highlighted (Column R): this is ODT’s June 28 estimated totals updated for the July-Sept. actual PLF distributions.
4. Blue highlighted (Column S): this is Dr. Fleeter’s totals updated for the July-Sept. actual PLF distributions plus his Oct-Dec estimates based on the OBM monthly GRF tax revenue estimates for Sept.-Nov.

The Tax Department’s estimate for CY23 was $505.5 million. The July and August actuals add $5.2 million to the Tax Department’s CY21 estimate. With the updated revenue estimates from OBM and calculating the PLF at 1.7% for the remainder of the year, Dr. Fleeter estimates the PLF to end CY23 at $507.95 million.

It is important to note that Dr. Fleeter completed these estimates just prior to ODT releasing the October 2023 PLF Distribution.