For some of us, Friday is payday, but this Friday, all Warner Robins city employees got a little extra. They received a hazard pay bonus.
On Monday, we reported city council agreed to pay employees a hazard pay bonus this year. But then, Mayor Randy Toms wouldn't specify exactly how much, saying he wanted to keep it as much of a surprise as possible. Mayor Randy Toms hand delivered some of these checks to city employees, telling them to wait to look at them until he passed them all out to the group.
"Now, y'all look at your checks...go ahead," Toms said to the group. "Is it more than $200?"
"Oh, yeah," some of them say in unison.
Certified firefighters and sworn police officers each received $2,000.
"We feel very blessed. You know our Thanksgiving and Christmas is definitely a lot more secure because of this," said Lt. Brian White with the Warner Robins Fire Department.