Announcements

 

"CLICK IT OR TICKET" - May 21 through June 3, 2012

The Ralston Police Department will join local and national law enforcement officers and highway safety advocates all across the country for the 2012 national “Click It or Ticket” seat belt enforcement mobilization, May 21-June 3.  The Nebraska Office of Highway Safety has approved an overtime grant in excess of $6,700 for the Ralston Police Department to conduct increased patrols during this time frame. 

During the mobilization, officers will be focusing on motorists who fail to wear their seat belts-both day and night.  The grant will pay for 140 overtime hours for officers to concentrate on traffic enforcement, with special emphasis on stop sign, speeding, traffic signal and child restraint violations.   

In 2010, 145 vehicle occupants died in traffic crashes in Nebraska, with 105 (71%) of them not wearing seat belts.  However, many thousands more were injured.  Their deaths and injuries could have been substantially reduced with the use of seat belts.

Faced with the fact that injury or deaths can be reduced by 45 to 50 percent if seat belts are used, it is imperative that a concentrated effort toward seat belt use is aggressively pursued.

High visibility enforcement such as the “Click It or Ticket” mobilization is credited with increasing the national belt usage rate from 58 percent in 1994 to an observed usage rate of 84 percent in 2011.  Belt use saves thousands of lives each year across America.  In 2009 alone, seat belts saved 12,713 lives nationwide.

The Ralston Police Department is proud to team up with Nebraska Office of Highway Safety in their “Click It or Ticket” campaign.  With this partnership, we are striving to increase safety belt usage to 88% or beyond.

Law enforcement will be cracking down on Click It or Ticket violators around the clock.  Local motorists should buckle up.  If law enforcement finds you on the road unbuckled anytime or anywhere, you can expect to get a ticket-not a warning.  No excuses and no exceptions.

Remember this May 21 to June 3:  It’s “Click It or Ticket.”  Buckle up and encourage your loved ones to do the same.  You’ll save the cost of a ticket and may even save a life.

 

2012 Tunes in Independence Square - June 7 to August 8

Tunes in Independence Square will be held Thursday evenings from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, downtown Ralston at the Gazebo, at 77th & Main St. Complete 2012 concert schedule.

Outdoor summer concerts are sponsored by the City of Ralston, Ralston Chamber of Commerce and the Omaha Musicians Association.

You are invited to bring your lawn chairs and blankets for a relaxing evening of live music! Free refreshments for the first 200 attendees.

 

Sports and Event Center News

As the Ralston Sports and Event Center project goes forward, we are beginning to transition information about the project into one website. This website will feature scheduling, ticket purchases, calendar of events, promoter information, and more. The address of www.ralstonarena.com can be used to go right to arena information. This site will grow and when the doors open, be the primary, one-stop, easy to use access to arena information. Check it out and bookmark it now.

 

Pay for City Services Online

The City is accepting online payment for many services. Recently added is the ability to use your favorite credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or American Express) to pay for building and plumbing permits as well as licenses.

This service is in addition to the payments that are accepted online by the Ralston Police Department. You can request and pay for a police report online or pay a parking ticket online.

All waiverable traffic citations may also be paid online through the State of Nebraska website. If your traffic citation indicates at the bottom that it is "waiverable" and it has dollar amounts filled in, then the citation is eligible to be paid online.

To access the online reports and payment options for the Ralston Police Department, hover over the Police Department link on the left side of any City web page and choose the link you want.

 

Help Ralston celebrate its 100th birthday in 2012!

The City of Ralston is looking for volunteers and contributors to help make 2012 a year to remember in Ralston. To coordinate the historical remembrances and special events celebrating the City's 100th birthday, the Mayor and City Council have created a Centennial Celebration Committee. This committee will plan a variety of events intended to remember and honor Ralston's fascinating history, its family-proactive present day, and its exciting future! All members of our community are encouraged to get involved and celebrate. If you have Ralston information or memorabilia you could share, please do! If you know someone who grew up in Ralston and/or is familiar with community history, call Adam Klinker at the Suburban Newspapers at 402-339-3331. City Clerk. Let's celebrate Ralston's milestones together!

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Our Mission - Who We Are Today

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