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"The results of two big taxpayer-funded studies will be released Wednesday in Rio Rancho.In November 2012, city council unanimously approved $45,000 to hire a firm to come in and evaluate the city's staff and salaries.Rio Rancho, which has a staff of more than 700 people, wanted to know what each individual does day in and day out. The city was also wondering where its city employees stand compared to other cities of similar size. Tom Swisstack was mayor at the time and also approved of the study. He told Action 7 News then that the cost was \"reasonable.\" He added that the city's human resources department was helping but said it was important to get a third party involved.Another study was given the green light shortly after. It was a public safety study costing $40,000 to figure out how many police officers and firefighters Rio Rancho needs to be successful, especially with a growing population. A lot of residents have said over the years that more first responders are needed.No one has heard anything about the studies' findings yet. City councilors were apprehensive to even talk about the studies at all and newly elected mayor Gregg Hull didn't respond to KOAT's request for an interview.The results will be released and discussed at Rio Rancho city council's work session at 3:30 p.m."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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