Columbus – Portage County District Library, along with Reed Memorial Library and Kent Free Library, attended Legislative Day on Wednesday, April 2 in Columbus. Each year, the libraries attend Legislative Day to meet with legislators to ask for their continued support. This year was especially important since libraries are asking that the General Assembly increase the Public Library Fund (PLF) formula percentage from 1.66% to 2.0% of the state’s General Revenue Fund (GRF) tax revenue to help libraries recover from the 2014 PLF 4% cut as well as additional proposed tax cuts. In the fiscal year 2012-2013, the Biennium Budget reduced the PLF percentage from 2.2% to 1.66%. The PLF currently provides public libraries the same amount of state funding as provided in 1996. This is the only state revenue public libraries receive. In addition, the Portage County District Library currently receives no additional local support.
