Western Surety Company
<br />POWER OF ATTORNEY APPOINTING INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY -IN -FACT
<br />Know All Men By These Presents, That WESTERN SURETY COMPANY, a South Dakota corporation, is a duly organized suit existing corporation having its
<br />principal office fir the City of Sioux Falls, and State of South Dakota, and that it does by virtue ofthe signature mid seal herein affixed hereby make, comtitute mid appoint
<br />Amy J. Fordc , Individu ldly
<br />of Toledo, OH , its tare and lawful Anorney(s)-hh-Fact with full power and authority hereby conferred to sign, seal and execute for mid on its behalf
<br />bonds, undertakings and other obligatory instruments of similar nahue
<br />- In Unlimited Amounts —
<br />SuretpBondNu: Bid Bond
<br />Principal: Hoekstm Roofing Company
<br />Obligee: City of South Bend Board of Public Works
<br />suit to bind it thereby as fully it to the same extent as if such instruments were signed by a duly authorized officer ofthe corporation and A the acts of said Attorney,
<br />promised to the authority hereby given, one hereby ratified and confirmed.
<br />This Power of Attorney is made and executed pursuant to and by authority of the Authorizing By -Laws and Resolutions printed at the ban= of this page, duly
<br />adopted, as indicated, by the shareholders of the corporation.
<br />In RTmess Whereof, WESTERN SURETY COMPANY has caused these presents to be signed by its Vice President and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed on
<br />this But day ofJmsua y, 2024.
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<br />Larry Kasten, Vice President
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<br />Comity of Mwiehaha ss
<br />On this IOth day of January, 2024, before me personally came Lary Kasten, to me known, who, being by me dndy sweet, did depose and say: that he resides in Tire
<br />City offhows Falls, Stale of South Dakota; that he is a Vice President of WESTERN SURETY COMPANY described in and which executed the above instrument; that he
<br />knows the seal of mid corporation; that the seal affixed to the said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed personal to authority given by the Bond of
<br />Directors of said cooperation and dint he signed his more thereto prominent to like authority, mid acknowledges more to be the act and deed ofsafd corporation.
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<br />M. Bent, Notary Pubic
<br />CERTIFICATE
<br />I, Paola Kolsmd, Assistant Secretary of WESTERN SURETY COMPANY do hereby certify that the Power of Attorney hereinabove set forth is still in force, mid
<br />father certify unit the By -Law and Resolutions ofthe corpomtiwiprinted below this certificate are still in force. In testimony whereofI have hereunto subscribed my name
<br />and affixed die mal of the said Corporation this 22nd dayof October , 2024.
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<br />as>N uw`� Paula Related, Assistant Secretary
<br />Authorizing By -Laves and Resolutions
<br />OF WESTERN SURETY COMPANY
<br />This PowerofAttomey is made and executed personal to and by authority ofthe following By -Law duly adopted by the shareholders of the Company.
<br />Section T. AB bonds, policies, undertakings, Powers ofAnomey, or other obligations ofthe corpoaton shall be executed in the corporate name ofthe Company by
<br />the President, Seeretary, mud Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, or any Vice President, array such other oRcers as the Board of Directors may authorize. Tthe President, any
<br />Vice President, Secretary, airy Assistant Secretary, orthe Treasurer may appoint Attorneys in Factor agents who shall have authority to issue bonds, policies, or undertakings
<br />in the were ofthe Company. The corporate seal is not necessary for the validity of any bonds, policies, undMakings, Powers of Attorney or ether obligations of the
<br />corporation. The signature ciliary such officer and the corporate seal maybe prided by facsimile.
<br />This PowerofAtooey is signed by Larry Kasten, Vice President, who has been authorizecipmsuant to the above Bylawto execute power ofattomeys on behalfof Western
<br />Surety Corepary.
<br />This Power ofAnomey may be signed by digital signature mid sealed by a digital or otherwise electmhuc-fomatted corporate seal under and by the authority of the following
<br />Resolution adopted by the Board ofITrectars ofthe Company by umaulmom written consent dated the 27° day of April, 2022:
<br />"RESOLVED: Tbal it is in the best interest offie Company to periodically ratify and confirm my corporate documents signed by digital signatures and to ratify and
<br />confine the use ofa digital orothensise electmnic-fomatted corporate seal, each to be considered the act and deed ofthe Company."
<br />Go to ssisvv.cn... hetv.com> Owner / Obligee Sendces> Validate Bond Coverage, Ifyou want tu verily bond authenticity.
<br />Form F12MG-2013
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