Nonpartisan · Hays City Commissioner
Sources for Sandy Jacobs
32 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
11 sources- The City of Hays lists Sandy Jacobs among current city commission members
- The city describes the commission as the policy-making body that enacts ordinances
- Commissioners are elected at large every two years
- Official city profile page is titled Sandy Jacobs and provides a city email link
- Profile page does not provide a candidate platform, party, biography, or church affiliation
- Sandy Jacobs - City of Hays Profile
- Official 2025 general election results PDF is the primary source path for the Hays City Commission result
- Search/OCR snippet for the official scanned PDF lists Sandy Jacobs with 1,552 votes
- Local text extraction returned blank because the PDF is image-based
- The 2026 filing PDF lists Commission District 1, township clerk offices, Ellis City Council, and precinct committee positions
- The 2026 filing PDF does not list Hays City Commission or Sandy Jacobs as a 2026 candidate
- Roll call listed Sandy Jacobs present
- Jami Breit administered the oath of office to Shaun Musil, Sandy Jacobs, and David Vilaysing
- Jacobs voted aye to elect Mason Ruder mayor and Alaina Cunningham vice mayor
- Packet includes September 11, 2025 minutes with Jacobs present as mayor
- Minutes say the city found a path to remain revenue neutral at 24.382 mills
- Minutes say maintaining revenue neutral would not affect operations or capital projects
- Jacobs was present for the work session
- Work session discussed the Exit 157 24-7 Travel Plaza TIF, CID, and IRB request
- Travel-plaza investment was listed at $11.1 million
- Jacobs was present
- Jacobs voted aye on sanitary sewer cleaning and inspection not to exceed $150,000
- Jacobs moved centrifuge maintenance at $48,572.28
- Agenda included letters of support to waive development fees for eligible 2026 LIHTC projects
- The city letter for Pioneer Run cited a housing study identifying 189 low-income units needed by 2030
- The city committed to waive the lesser of $80,000 or 100 percent of combined impact, utility, and other fees if the project received LIHTC
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Heartland Community Foundation · 2026-05-19
Heartland Community Foundationheartlandcommunityfoundation.org
- Heartland Community Foundation describes grantmaking and community support in Ellis, Rooks, and Trego counties
- Foundation context does not establish Jacobs' current views or church affiliation
- Heartland Community Foundation
- https://www.haysusa.com/270/Sandy-Jacobs
Reporting and Public Context
18 sources- Jacobs listed occupation as retired banker
- Jacobs said she had served eight years and her passion continued to be for Hays as a native
- Jacobs named R9 as unfinished work she wanted to help finish
- Pre-canvass Hays Post results listed Jacobs with 1,542 votes
- Pre-canvass results listed voter turnout at 22.56 percent
- Hays Post: 2025 Election Results
- Hays Post reported Jacobs and Shaun Musil would receive four-year terms
- Hays Post reported David Vilaysing would receive the two-year term
- Hays Post: 2 incumbents, 1 newcomer elected
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Hays Post · 2026-05-19
Water, retail, housing top issues for newly elected Hays city commissionershayspost.com
- Jacobs said retail was high on her list and workforce needed attention
- Her economic-development message is practical and city-budget centered. Jacobs talks about retail not as culture-war identity or partisan branding, but as a sales-tax base and quality-of-life issue. In the 2025 Q&A, she...
- Hays Post: Water, retail, housing top issues
- Hays Post reported Jacobs was sworn in on January 8, 2026
- Jacobs highlighted R9, housing, economic growth, police facility commitment, parks, and airport
- Jacobs said leadership is about listening, bringing people together, and keeping the community at the center of decisions
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Tiger Media Network · 2026-05-19
Hays City Commissioners sworn in, Ruder elected mayortigermedianet.com
- Prior harvest recorded Jacobs saying titles may change but values do not
- Tiger Media quoted Jacobs on servant leadership, listening, bringing people together, and community-centered decisions
- Jacobs' style is collaborative and institution-minded. When she stepped down as mayor in January 2026 and continued as commissioner, she said, "Titles may change, but values don't," and described servant leadership as l...
- Jacobs called the 24/7 Travel Plaza an exciting project
- Jacobs said she was ready to see what the project did to the interchange with alternate routes into town
- Hays Post: Plans moving forward for I-70 travel plaza north of Hays
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Hays Post · 2026-05-19
Hays City Commission talks economic development incentives for new Chick-fil-Ahayspost.com
- Chick-fil-A project was reported at $6.2 million
- Estimated construction sales-tax exemption was $66,875
- Jacobs linked Vine Street roundabouts to development access for projects like Chick-fil-A
- Prior harvest recorded Jacobs asking where money would come from and what people would be willing to give up under budget constraints
- Fiscal responsibility is another recurring signal. Jacobs emphasizes revenue-neutral budgeting, line-item review, maintaining the mill levy, and asking residents what they are willing to trade off. In the 2025 Q&A, she....
- Hays Post: Planned travel plaza and 2027 draft budget
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Tiger Media Network · 2026-05-19
City commission gives nod for assistance to affordable housing projecttigermedianet.com
- Pioneer Run was described as 48 affordable housing units and a clubhouse
- IRB sales-tax exemption benefit was estimated at $147,962.50
- Jacobs said low-income housing is difficult to make feasible without LIHTC assistance
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Hays Post · 2026-05-19
Proposed low-income housing in Hays awaits potential state tax creditshayspost.com
- Hays Post reported commissioners unanimously agreed to two more IRB resolutions for construction sales-tax exemptions
- Willow Grove was described as 48 units with a $9.3 million construction cost and about $154,000 IRB value
- Wheatland Commons was described as 36 units with a $12.51 million construction cost and about $211,050 IRB value
- The October 2020 mask ordinance extension passed 3-1
- Jacobs, Musil, and Berges voted yes; Ruder voted no; Mellick was absent
- Hays Post: Special mask meeting
- Jacobs was described as a retired banker and then-current mayor
- Jacobs discussed North Vine reconstruction, roundabouts, traffic flow, safety, business development, and population growth
- Hays Post: 5 candidates vying
- Profile is marked unclaimed
- Profile lists Jacobs as nonpartisan and links a Facebook page and City of Hays profile
- Occupation and top issues are not filled out
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Hays Post / Heartland Community Foundation · 2026-05-19
Heartland Community Foundation welcomes new board members, launches Engagement Committeeshayspost.com
- Heartland Community Foundation listed Sandy Jacobs of Hays as an emeritus board member in 2025
- Hays Post: Jacobs filing announcement
- Hays Post: Jacobs filing
- Hays Post: Jacobs announces filing for Hays City Commission
- HDN: Jacobs elected Mayor, Ruder Vice Mayor
- Hays Post: New city water rebates more inclusive
Public Online Activity
3 sources- Prior logged-out local harvest found page metadata and 257 visible likes
- No reliable post-level feed, comments, reactions, shares, follows, or issue content were accessible
- Facebook: Sandy Jacobs - Hays City Commission
- Prior public preview showed Sandy Jacobs in Hays, Kansas with City of Hays experience
- Prior preview showed 246 followers and 244 connections
- Full profile and activity were not accessible
