Sky Finger Monument - Great Addition, Poor Execution

Does the collect all still throw out the tap radius blast from each building that would then free nearby characters (hope that made sense)? Because I have certain characters that I like to keep on certain visual tasks, and wouldn’t want (or be able, even) to hunt them all down to retask them. If it frees nearby characters, I won’t be using it. I actually have enough money that I don’t collect from buildings often, leaving them for neighbors, but it would be neat to use the monument occasionally.