No contribution of money or any other thing of value, including in-kind
contributions, made by a professional business entity to any municipal candidate
for the Township Commission shall be deemed a violation of this ordinance,
nor shall an agreement for property, goods, or services, of any kind whatsoever,
be disqualified thereby, if that contribution was made by the professional
business entity prior to the effective date of this ordinance.
It is anticipated that there may be some professional business entities
which determine to attempt a legalistic adherence to the letter, rather than
the spirit of this ordinance. It is the declared intent of this municipal
governing body to remain vigilant to recognize such attempts to subvert the
underlying purposes for which this ordinance was adopted. Any professional
business entity which may attempt such creative subversion does so at its
peril. If and in the event creative actions are taken in order to defeat the
purposes of this ordinance, it is the intention of the governing body to enact
appropriate clarification of this ordinance, which clarification shall be
retroactive to the initial effective date of this ordinance thereby disqualifying
such creative professional business entities from serving the Township. Changes
to this ordinance which are not for purposes of clarification, but which are
amendments to the provisions hereto, shall become effective upon adoption
and publication according to law.