HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston City Controller is launching an investigation into one of Mayor John Whitmire's top advisors.

Chris Hollins is also calling for the advisor's temporary suspension after a report by ABC13's media partner, the Houston Chronicle, revealed the advisor rarely appeared at City Hall, but still collected a six-figure taxpayer-funded salary.

According to reporting by the Houston Chronicle, Chris Brown earns a taxpayer-funded salary of just over $127,000 a year, in a job specially created by the mayor.