“Property taxes are complex, and you can’t have simple solutions without unintended consequences to a complex mechanism,” Lowery said. Some task force members, including Odenbach, have expressed interest in simplifying the process by rewriting or adjusting the school funding formula. The debt for an old project is also paid off, which will decrease the levy used to determine property taxes in the district. The change comes at the same time as a “small” 1.25% increase in annual state funding for schools and “detrimental” impacts from Gov. Nold added that task force members “don’t have the final say” on property tax reform.