Following an interview process, the Lebanon City Council appointed William Marcellus Paul Angellford as city councilor during its Jan. 28 meeting.
Angellford fills a seat recently vacated by Carl Mann. The term ends December 2026.
Two candidates applied for the position. Shyla Malloy, who currently serves on the Planning Commission, was the other applicant.
Angellford also served on the Planning Commission between 2022 and 2025.
He grew up in rural Polk County and attended college in Albany. Angellford built on his education with a focus on engineering, and, after a few moves, landed in Lebanon 2016 with his wife and children. His dad spent his last three years living at the Lebanon Oregon Veterans Home. Angellford currently works at McCarl’s Technical Services in Albany as a quality engineer.
During his interview, when asked what he believes are the top three concerns facing Lebanon, Angellford gave a brief explanation on his answer, which includes future growth, maintaining excellence in city functions (i.e., police, fire, schools, roads, homelessness, etc.), and financial stewardship.
In response to other questions, he expressed he’d like vacant and dilapidated properties to be addressed in a diplomatic way, in an effort to improve them, how they look
“That’s something that I think needs to be addressed,” he said. “We have to be careful as a city about how we go about that. We don’t want to trample on people, tell people what to do with their property, but trying to make sure that we’re promoting excellence in our city.”
Angellford also said he’d like the city to reexamine its codes to potentially “expand them or make them more flexible” so property owners have more options (such as putting a coffee cart on a tiny plot of land).
“If we can be creative about using the things we’ve got, I think we’ve got a lot of things in our town that are underutilized that could be put to a better use, to look more attractive,” he said.
As a city councilor, Angellford said his top priorities would include installing a sidewalk on Stoltz Hill Road between Airport and Walker roads, traffic issues on Denny School Road, encouraging partnerships with community groups, and attracting business and jobs to the city.
“We need to keep our economy as strong as we can,” he said. “As much as we can facilitate that, I think that’s important.”
Councilor Jeremy Salvage asked Angellford if he had any ideas on how to do that. Angellford suggested taking a look at zoning options or working with potential incoming businesses, while also being careful about offering tax incentives.
To watch the full interview process between both candidates, visit https://bit.ly/4a1wram.