Nonpartisan · Hays City Commissioner
Sources for David Vilaysing
30 public sources used in researching this candidate. Every claim in the profile traces back to one or more of these URLs.
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Primary Records
10 sources- City of Hays lists David Vilaysing as a city commissioner
- The page describes the commission as the city's policy-making body
- City of Hays City Commission
- David Vilaysing was sworn in as a city commissioner
- Vilaysing seconded the motion electing Alaina Cunningham vice mayor
- Vilaysing voted aye on the 2026 City Commission Rules of Procedure
- David Vilaysing filed for Hays City Commission in the 2025 city/school election
- Ellis County official 2025 results list David Vilaysing at 1,349 votes for Hays City Commissioner
- The official county result supersedes election-night 1,340 vote reporting
- The 2026 Ellis County filing list does not show a Hays City Commission race
- Vilaysing is not listed as a 2026 primary candidate
- Vilaysing moved or seconded light-industrial rezoning items
- Vilaysing voted aye on Exit 157 24-7 TIF and CID hearing resolutions
- The packet includes February 12 minutes noting Vilaysing's request to discuss the Pet Tag Ordinance
- The packet includes April 9 minutes showing Vilaysing seconded acceptance of the 2025 audit
- Vilaysing asked whether the Exit 157 TIF had a matrix like other incentives
- Vilaysing asked for transparency to customers about special tax districts
- The packet includes April 23 minutes showing Vilaysing voted aye on LIHTC fee-waiver support letters
- The packet includes April 23 minutes showing Vilaysing voted aye on Pioneer Run IRB intent
- The packet includes April 23 minutes stating Vilaysing joined a Washington, DC briefing trip with city officials
- Kansas campaign-finance data portal did not surface a clean city-commission donor record for Vilaysing in the reviewed public record
Reporting and Public Context
19 sources- Vilaysing named water and housing as top city issues
- Vilaysing opposed a mill levy increase and favored revenue-neutral budgeting
- Vilaysing said city leaders should talk to frontline employees
- Vilaysing said he would meet R9 parties and push a game plan forward
- Vilaysing wanted more out of existing city resources
- Vilaysing suggested RHID stipulations for low- and medium-income housing
- Vilaysing said commissioners should lead by example and manage conflict when political violence is discussed
- Vilaysing proposed a Hays Workforce Development Council
- That conflict-management language also shows up in politics. At the October 2025 candidate forum, Tiger Media Network quoted him saying commissioners have to lead by example when conflict arises, or they have no busines...
- Vilaysing told commissioners residents were heavily taxed and burdened during the revenue-neutral-rate hearing
- The most consistent city-policy themes are water, housing, and cost discipline. Vilaysing calls the R9 water project important but not enough by itself, saying Hays needs both a secure near-term source and a permanent l...
- Public comment, Sept. 12, 2025: At a revenue-neutral budget hearing, he said residents were "heavily taxed" and "burdened" and asked the city to provide relief if possible. Source: Tiger Media Network.
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Hays Post · 2026-05-19
Water, retail, housing top issues for newly elected Hays city commissionershayspost.com
- Election-night coverage reported unofficial Vilaysing vote count of 1,340
- Vilaysing said he was eager to get to work and named water and affordable housing as top issues
- Hays Post: Water, retail, housing top issues
- Hays Post reported Vilaysing was sworn in and would serve a two-year term
- Vilaysing said department tours showed resourcefulness, resource preservation, and innovation
- Hays Post: New governing body 2026
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Hays Post · 2026-05-19
Hays city commissioners approve almost $1M in 2026 street improvementshayspost.com
- Vilaysing asked city staff to research pet licensing changes
- He connected the issue to owner tags, microchips, and city staff/police/dispatch time
- Pet licensing, Feb. 14, 2026: He asked city staff to research changes to pet licensing because many pets already have owner tags or microchips, and said it could save city staff, police, and dispatch time. Source: [Hays...
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Hays Post · 2026-05-19
Hays City Commission hears more on planned travel plaza, 2027 draft budgethayspost.com
- Vilaysing challenged department heads to ask frontline staff what the city does not need to do
- His preferred governing style is bottom-up and operational. In the candidate Q&A, he said the city should talk to "the people actually doing the jobs" before deciding what is needed or not needed. After taking office, h...
- 2027 budget work session, Apr. 6, 2026: He challenged department heads to ask frontline staff for budget input because they can identify what the city does not need to do. Source: Hays Post.
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Hays Post · 2026-05-19
Hays City Commission talks economic development incentives for new Chick-fil-Ahayspost.com
- Vilaysing challenged department heads to maintain existing assets and make them last longer for financial responsibility
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Hays Post · 2026-05-19
Officer on de-escalation training: We just want to make everyone saferhayspost.com
- Vilaysing said de-escalation training is meant to make law enforcement, civilians, and everyone safer
- Vilaysing said officer self-control is the most important factor in de-escalation
- HaysPost: Officer on de-escalation training
- The 2020 city service-award article says Vilaysing began with HPD in 2005 and was promoted to police sergeant in 2020
- "David began his employment with the Hays Police Department in 2005 as a Police Officer." Source: Hays Post, 2020-11-15, https://hayspost.com/posts/40e17885-6833-42a5-9562-0abd9f173b21, topic: career history.
- > -- Hays Post, November 15, 2020, https://hayspost.com/posts/40e17885-6833-42a5-9562-0abd9f173b21
- As a Hays Police Department sergeant and bicycle officer, Vilaysing gave public bicycle-safety guidance
- Hays Post bicycle safety quote, June 15, 2023
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Hays Post · 2026-05-19
Hays residents support, denounce Banned Book Week display during library meetinghayspost.com
- The library board meeting followed social-media criticism of a banned-books display
- The article provides context for the public controversy but does not quote Vilaysing
- This article is about Reese Barrick, not David Vilaysing
- The article says Vilaysing captured the third open Hays City Commission seat
- Hays Post: No Kings protest (Barrick, not Vilaysing)
- DXI says it provides responsible conflict management skills and tools
- DXI lists training for law enforcement, businesses, individuals, and health/wellness
- DXI links Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube accounts
- ILEETA says DXI was founded by Sgt. David Vilaysing
- ILEETA describes DXI training in de-escalation, tactical communication, and emotional control
- ILEETA Member: DXI Training Solutions LLC
- GoodParty lists David Vilaysing as a nonpartisan Hays City Commission candidate
- The profile is explicitly marked unclaimed
- The Guidon quoted an Oct. 12, 2025 public Facebook post by David Vilaysing about young-adult library books
- The Guidon reported that Vilaysing's accompanying video encouraged residents to attend the Oct. 15 library board meeting
- The original Facebook post URL was not independently verified in the reviewed public record
- GoodParty David Vilaysing profile, unclaimed
Public Online Activity
1 sources- DXI states the vision to leave the world better than we found it
- DXI states the mission to provide responsible conflict management skills
- DXI describes Sgt. David Vilaysing's USAR military police and law-enforcement background
