[Adopted 11-22-2011 by Ord. No. 11-11]
It shall be a breach of the terms of the Borough's professional
service agreement or agreement for goods or services for a business
entity to:
A. Make or solicit a contribution in violation of this article;
B. Knowingly conceal or misrepresent a contribution given or received;
C. Make or solicit contributions through intermediaries for the purpose
of concealing or misrepresenting the source of the contribution;
D. Make or solicit any contribution on the condition or with the agreement
that it will be contributed to a campaign committee of any candidate
or holder of the public office in the Borough of Alpha;
E. Engage or employ a lobbyist or consultant with the intent or understanding
that such lobbyist or consultant would make or solicit any contribution
which if made or solicited by the business entity itself would subject
that entity to the restrictions of this article;
F. Fund contributions made by third parties, including consultants,
attorneys, family members, and employees;
G. Engage in any exchange of contributions to circumvent the intent
of this article; or
H. Directly or indirectly, through or by any other person or means,
do any action which would subject that entity to the restrictions
of this article.
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 Mayor or Council, or municipal or county party
committee or PAC referenced in this article, shall be deemed a violation
of this section, 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 section.
A professional business entity or Borough candidate or officeholder or municipal or county party committee or PAC referenced in this article may cure a violation of §
18-1 of this article if, within 30 days after the contribution, the professional business entity notifies the Borough Council in writing and seeks and receives reimbursement of a contribution from the Borough candidate or municipal or county political party or PAC referenced in this article.
Any professional business entity which violates any of the provisions
of this article shall be disqualified from eligibility for future
Borough of Alpha contracts for period of three years from the date
of violation.