Nonpartisan - Hays City Commissioner
Sources for Shaun Musil
25 public source entries are attached to this profile. Primary records, reporting, and public online activity are grouped separately so readers can inspect the record.
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Primary Records
6 sources- City of Hays lists Shaun Musil among current commission members
- Hays uses a commission-manager form of government
- Commission members are elected at-large every two years
- Official City of Hays individual page exists for Shaun Musil
- The page displayed Vice Mayor in the reviewed public record
- Shaun Musil - City of Hays Profile
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Ellis County, Kansas - 2026-05-19
2025 City/School/Improvement Districts/Extension Candidate Filingsellisco.net
- Shaun Musil was listed for Hays City Commission in 2025 candidate filings
- The Hays City Commission contest had two four-year terms and one two-year term
- Ellis County 2025 candidate filings PDF: https://ellisco.net/DocumentCenter/View/5707/2025-Candidate-Filings
- Official Ellis County 2025 results PDF exists
- Search extraction listed Shaun Musil with 1,788 votes for Hays City Commissioner
- Ellis County 2025 official results PDF: https://www.ellisco.net/DocumentCenter/View/5892/Official-Results-2025-General-Election
- 2026 city minutes/agendas: April 2026 city materials show Musil present for meetings involving development incentives, housing fee waivers, and routine governance, but the minutes are mostly procedural rather than quote...
- City of Hays - Apr. 16, 2026 agenda packet
- https://www.haysusa.com/273/Shaun-Musil
Reporting and Public Context
17 sources- GoodParty profile is unclaimed
- Profile lists Hays City Commission
- Profile lists election date November 4, 2025
- Nex-Tech describes Musil as having over 30 years of business and sales experience
- Nex-Tech says Musil serves as City Commissioner in Hays, Kansas
- Profile says he works with educational institutions and government entities
- Musil said he believed R9 would happen
- Musil said Hays was not taking away from Kinsley
- Musil said Hays had the state's lowest water usage rate per person
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Hays Post - 2026-05-19
Water, retail, housing top issues for newly elected Hays city commissionershayspost.com
- Hays Post reported Musil re-elected with 1,772 unofficial votes
- Musil and Sandy Jacobs would serve four-year terms
- Voter turnout was reported at 22.56%
- Musil, Sandy Jacobs, and David Vilaysing were sworn in on January 8, 2026
- Hays Post reported Mason Ruder elected mayor and Alaina Cunningham vice-mayor
- Hays Post, "New year, new governing body for city of Hays," published 2026-01-10: https://hayspost.com/posts/21208822-3905-4a26-a33d-5003cf6f8f08
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Hays Post - 2026-05-19
Judge rules in favor of Hays', Russell's R9 Ranch water transfer requesthayspost.com
- Administrative law judge issued favorable initial order on R9 transfer application
- Musil called the ruling a huge win for Hays, Russell, and the region
- Musil said Hays would continue water conservation
- Existing local harvest recorded Musil framing R9 as regional and not taking from Edwards County/Kinsley
- Hays Post 2025 R9 update from existing local harvest: https://hayspost.com/posts/1c6734f4-a3cc-4aa1-abb3-6827856793d8
- 2025 R9 update: Musil said Hays was giving to the Edwards County/Kinsley area, not taking away from it, and called R9 a regional project. Source: Hays Post, Feb. 15, 2025.
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Hays Post - 2026-05-19
City commission extends face mask ordinance after emotional discussionhayspost.com
- Commission voted 3-2 to extend the face mask ordinance
- Musil was mayor during the meeting
- Musil supported enforcement and said his goal was to keep schools and businesses open
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Hays Post - 2026-05-19
City commission reorganized; past mayor Musil thankful for support during pandemichayspost.com
- Musil thanked staff and his wife after his 2020 mayoral year
- Article says Shaun and Heather Musil co-owned Paisley Pear
- Article says the Musil family experienced coronavirus and quarantines
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Hays Post - 2026-05-19
Mayor retracts idea for eco devo mill levy increase; still supports more fundinghayspost.com
- Musil said Grow Hays must have stable funding
- Musil called Grow Hays the best economic-development program since he had been on the commission
- Musil said Hays could not go backwards
- Musil said the city-owned land showed Hays was serious about development
- Musil said retail was a priority
- Musil wanted a convention center at that location
- Musil said Essential Air Service was not wasteful spending
- Musil said airport service keeps Hays relevant
- Musil mentioned doctors and FHSU international students as airport-service users
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Hays Post - 2026-05-19
Grow Hays report: 2025 filled with momentum in economic developmenthayspost.com
- Hays Post described Musil as pleased with 2025 economic-development momentum
- Grow Hays reported eight multi-unit housing projects and 17 single-family home permits underway or approved
- Hays Post Grow Hays 2026: https://hayspost.com/posts/25729bbf-6cf9-4d9e-a74e-e7a60f5e43e9
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Hays Post - 2026-05-19
Hays City Commission talks economic development incentives for new Chick-fil-Ahayspost.com
- Musil credited Grow Hays and city staff for behind-the-scenes work
- Musil said Chick-fil-A now; what's next?
- The developer requested IRB-related tax incentives for a $6.2 million project
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Hays Post - 2026-05-19
Hays City Commission hears more on planned travel plaza, 2027 draft budgethayspost.com
- Musil worried outside nonprofit agencies would ask for more money
- Musil asked what happens if city funding falls and agencies stop providing services
- Coverage describes general-fund sales-tax dependence and cost pressures
- Hays Post 2023 budget from local harvest: https://hayspost.com/posts/0013a2b9-05a4-4aae-9794-ed48359742f0
- 2023 budget: Musil said lowering the mill levy was easier said than done, acknowledged residents and business owners were feeling cost pressure, and said he wanted efficiencies without putting a future commission in dir...
- Hays Post - 2024 budget
- 2021 re-election profile: Musil said the community cared even when it disagreed, described face-to-face constituent access at his business, defended North Vine roundabouts as safer for future growth, and said Hays must...
- Hays Post - 2021 city commission candidates
- Hays Post: 5 candidates vying
