The tiny residents of Cullen Miniature Village can start packing their bags — they’re moving to Niagara Falls.

Four years after putting the collection up for sale, Oshawa council voted eight to one to approve a deal with the Niagara Parks Commission at its meeting Monday night. The self-financed provincial agency will pay $100,000 plus tax over five years for the 180 little buildings and accessories.

Niagara Parks plans to refurbish the pieces in front of visitors in an open workshop starting next spring. The restored village will go on display in 2013.

The dissenting vote came from Councillor John Neal who opposed the purchase for $239,000 in 2007. The “asset” should have been cleaned up and marketed properly, he said. “We need a city policy to protect the people of Oshawa from this ever occurring again.”

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