The Bulls Information Centre won't be handed over to its buyer until the town's new multi-purpose civic centre is up and running.
About 20 Bulls residents turned up to the information centre yesterday to protest the Rangitikei District Council's intention to put it on the market.
The council intends to sell the site to help pay for a the new civic centre which will include the town's library, information centre and town hall.
The residents were happy with the sale but not until all services had been transferred to the new site.
But mayor Andy Watson said that was never the case and any sale of the information centre would carry a provision that it would not be handed over to its new owners until the new civic centre was up and running.