Beloit’s new City Manager officially had his first day on the job Monday.

Jerry Gabrielatos was officially sworn in during a special ceremony at Monday night’s city council meeting.

Gabrielatos says he’s excited to get to work and the Beloit job had everything he was looking for in a job inlcuding an engaged council and public and a hard working staff.

Gabrielatos has over seven years of city management experience through his work as Assistant City Manager and Interim City Manager in Albert Lea, Minnesota, and as City Manager in West Linn, Oregon.

Gabrielatos takes over for Lori Curtis Luther, who took a job in Kansas last summer.

He will make $175,000 annually in his role.