POWER OF ATTORNEY APPOINTING INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY -IN -FACT
<br />Know AllAten By These Presents, That Continental Casualty Company, an Illinois insurance company, National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, an
<br />Illinois insurance company, and American Casualty Company of heading, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania insurance company (herein called "the CNA Companies'), are
<br />duly organized and existing insurance companies having their principal offices in the City of Chicago, and State of Illinois, and that they do by virtue of the signatures
<br />and seals herein affixed hereby make, constitute and appoint
<br />Angela M. Riley , Individually
<br />of Carmel, IN their true and lawful Attorneys)-m-Fact with full power and authority hereby conferred to sign, seal and execute for and on their behalf
<br />bonds, undertakings and other obligatory instruments of similar nature
<br />- In Unlimited Amounts -
<br />Surety Bond No: Bid Bond
<br />Prindpal: Milestone Contractors, L.P.
<br />Obligee: City of South Bend
<br />and to bind them thereby as fully and to the same extent as if sucb instruments were signed by a duly authorized officer of their insurance companies and all the acts of
<br />said Attorney, pursuant to the authorityhereby given is hereby ratified and confirmed.
<br />This Power of Attorney is made and executed pursuant to and by authority of the By -Laws and Resolutions, printed below, duly adopted, as indicated, by the
<br />Boards of Directors of the insurance companies.
<br />In AS'ituess Rfiereof, the CNA Companies have caused these presents to be signed by their Vice President and their corporate seals to be hereto affixed on this
<br />9th day of January, 2024.
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<br />On this 91h day of January, 2024, before me personally came Larry Kasten to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say: that he resides in the
<br />City of Sioux Falls, State of South Dakota; that he is a Vice President of Continental Casualty Company, an Illinois insurance company, National Fire Insurance
<br />Company of Hartford, an 111mis insurance company, and American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania insurance company described in and
<br />which executed the above instrument; that be knows the seals of said insurance companies; that the seals affixed to the said instrument are such corporate seals; that
<br />they were so affixed pursuant to authority given by the Boards of Directors of said insurance companies and that he signed his name thereto pursuant to like authority,
<br />and acknowledges same to be the act and deed of said insurance companies.
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<br />CERTIFICATE
<br />I, D. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Continental Casualty Company, an Mirwis insurance company, National Fine Insurance Company of Hartford, an Minis
<br />insurance company, and'Amencan Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania insurance company do hereby certify that the Power of Attorney
<br />herein above set kith is still in force, and further certify that the By -Laws and Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the insurance companies printed below are still
<br />in force. ltleWmony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said insurance companies this 8th day of October , 2024
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<br />Authot37ing By -Laws and Resolutions
<br />ADO THE iOAPM OF DIRECTORS OF EACH OF CON11NENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
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<br />This Power of Attorney is made and executed pursuant to and by authority of the following resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors of each of the above CNA
<br />Companies at a meeting held on May 12, 1995:
<br />"RESOLVED: That any Senior or Group Vice President may authorize an officer to sign specific documents, agreements and instruments on behalf of the
<br />Company provided that the name of such authorized officer and a description of the documents, agreements or instruments that such officer may sign will be
<br />provided in writing by the Senior or Group Vice President to the Secretary of the Company prior to such execution becoming effective."
<br />This Power of Attorney is signed by Larry Kasten, Vice President, who has been authorized pursuant to the above resolution to execute power of attorneys on
<br />behalf of each of the CNA Companies.
<br />This Power of Attorney is signed and sealed by facsimile under and by the authority of the following Resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of each of the above
<br />Companies by unanimous written consent dated the 250 day of April, 2012:
<br />"Whereas, the bylaws of the Company or specific resolution of the Board of Directors has authorized various officers (the "Authorized Officer') to execute
<br />various policies, bonds, undertakings and other obligatory instruments of like nature; and
<br />Whereas, from time to time, the signature of the Authorized Officers, in addition to being provided in original, hard copy format, may be provided via facsimile or
<br />otherwise in an electronic format (collectively, "Electronic Signatures'); Now therefore be it resolved. that the Electronic Signature of any Authorized Officer
<br />shall be valid and binding on the Company"
<br />This Power of Attorney may be signed by digital signature and sealed by a digital or otherwise electronic -formatted corporate seal under and by the authority of the
<br />following Resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of each of the above CNA Companies by unanimous written consent dated the 27th day of April, 2022:
<br />"RESOLVED: That it is in the best interest of the Company to periodically ratify and confirm any corporate documents signed by digital signatures and to ratify
<br />and confirnu the use of a digital or otherwise electronic -formatted corporate seal, each to be considered the act and deed of the Company."
<br />Go to www.cnasuratycorn > Owner 1 Obligee Services > Validate Bond Coverage, if you want to verify bond authenticity.
<br />Form F6853-62023
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