This south Louisiana mayor got a pay raise the city council says it didn’t approve

This south Louisiana mayor got a pay raise the city council says it didn’t approve

Gonzales Mayor Tim Riley’s salary increased by several thousand dollars last fall without the city council’s approval or knowledge, which has been a required procedure for many years past.

Is Gonzales mayor being overpaid? Council sorting out the math involved

GONZALES — Gonzales city officials are looking into whether the mayor is being paid too much.The Advocate reported Monday that Mayor Tim Riley's salary has climbed from around $125,590 to $134,035 in the past 15 months.While the city council approved paying Riley $130,237 last August, Councilman Kirk Boudreaux told the newspaper that  Riley shouldn't have benefited from an across-the-board 2 percent raise last September. "If any step should have…