1.   Bregman said if the city cannot collect the debts, it will turn them over to a collection agency.

2.   But the city has not collected a dime, in part because city fathers let the debt dangle for more than two years.

3.   Cities do not collect local sales taxes on Internet purchases.

4.   From the start, the city has collected all reports of possibly missing people and taken them seriously.

5.   Instead of taking Fenton up on his offer, Braden contacted the court to find out which cases the city could collect on.

6.   The city collects the extra fees along with regular taxes and then gives them back to the district to spend.

7.   The city now collects police fees from certain types of businesses -- such as firearms vendors, pawnbrokers and carnivals.

8.   The money that the city collected was supposed to be from local donors.

9.   The report estimates the city could collect millions in interest by depositing the checks more quickly.

10.   Under a BID, property owners must pay a special tax that the city collects and the business district then uses to improve the district.