The City of Ralston had enough money to build a $32 million ice arena, but not enough to buy the Zambonis to resurface the ice.

The arena project at 72nd and Q Streets, approved overwhelmingly by Ralston's voters in May 2011, did not have the funds for the facility's furnishings and equipment - including hockey nets, basketball flooring and all electronics and scoreboards.

Now city officials have made a late move to approve an additional $4.25 million to cover those expenses as the arena nears its October grand opening.

The additional bonds will drive up the project's total cost by 13 percent to $36 million.

Mayor Donald Groesser and other city officials said the $4.25 million in added costs were largely unknown at the time the bond project was presented to voters. In 2011, Ralston presented plans for a two-sheet, 3,500-seat indoor ice arena. At the time, Ralston had only one main tenant, the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League.