Milford Library director: current LIT allocation creates perverse incentives, needs study

Oct 16, 2026

Milford Library director Carl Seltzman said libraries depend on LIT revenue and warned that the current allocation method (tying LIT to property tax levies) incentivizes higher levies and should be re-examined during the LIT review process.

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Carl Seltzman, director of the Milford Library, spoke during public comment and said libraries receive LIT revenue and therefore have a stake in the outcome of any changes. He said he personally "concur[s] with what y'all have said to leave things the same, but also be made whole," and added that libraries and other local entities should be partners in future conversations.

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