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POWER OF ATTORNEY APPOINTING INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY -IN -FACT
<br />Know AD Alen Ry 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 Reading, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania insuraru'e 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 />Kathryn R. Postma , Individually
<br />of Carmel, IN their true and lawful Attorneys) -in -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 />Sureh• Bond No: Bid Bond
<br />Principal: 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 such instruments were signed by a duly authorized officer of their insurance companies and all the acts of
<br />said Attorney, pursuant to the authority hereby 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 Fitness Whereof, 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 Jamuary, 2024.
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<br />National Fire insurance Company of Hartford
<br />aow►o+u*e rQ .moo American Casualty Company of Readm Pennsylvania
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<br />r�r Larry Kasten Vice President
<br />State of South Dakota, County of Minnehaha, ss:
<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 Illinois insurance company, and American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania insurance company described in and
<br />which executed the above instrument; that he 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 />March 2 2026 M. Bent -- — Notary Public
<br />CERTIFICATE
<br />L D. Johnson Assistant Secretary of Continental Casualty Company, an Illinois insurance company, National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, an Illinois
<br />insurance company, and American Casualty Company of Reading. Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania insurance company do hereby certify that the Power of Attorney
<br />herein above set forth 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. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said insurance companies this 8th day of July , 2025
<br />G+st,r� atsauContinental Casualty Company
<br />National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford
<br />ii' eo o+r+rF n �Mcosrararro American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania
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<br />,va,` D. Johnson Assistant Secretary
<br />Authorizing By -Laves and Resolutions
<br />ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF EACH OF CONTjNENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
<br />HARTFORD, and AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA (as defined above, the "CNA Companies'):
<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 nacre 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 25m 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 Officers') 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 unani mucus 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 confirm 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 mnNw cnesurety.eom > Owner! Obligee Services > Validate Bond Coverage, if you want to verify bond authenticity.
<br />Form F6853-6/2023
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