Preparing for a public information effort on a proposed sales tax ballot question, the Beatrice Mayor and City Council heard a presentation Monday night on a design option for a new fire station that would be funded through the half-cent tax. JEO Architect Corey Brodersen says the new station would be around 33,000 square feet. The current fire headquarters in the Municipal Auditorium is 24,800 square feet, one-third of that for fire apparatus space. The new station would include seven fire bays, two of which would be drive-through bays…providing about 14,000 square feet of vehicle space. City officials reviewed a design of the various parts of a proposed new station, along with a drawing of how the headquarters would appear. JEO Architect Marvin Larson says the design represents the work of a special committee that included firefighters and others identifying specific needs.