(KMZA)--The city of Marysville has a new chief of police.

The City Council voted unanimously last week to appoint Anthony Escalante to the position.

He will be paid $37 an hour.

Escalante has been serving as acting chief since last December.

He joined the Marysville Police Department in April 2022.

Escalante began his law enforcement career in 1997.

He succeeds Matt Simpson, who left Dec. 1 to work as special agent in charge of the criminal division in the Kansas attorney general's office.