There’s a new person in charge of the Audubon Police Department. The City Council, in Audubon, Monday, approved Coby Gust as Chief of Police. Gust will succeed Police Chief Matt Starmer, who announced in February, that he would be retiring effective June 1^st, or as soon as his replacement was hired. According to City Clerk Joe Foran, Gust has been with the Audubon Police Department since 2005. His starting salary will be $70,000.

Gusts’ hiring creates an opening for a Police Officer withing the department.