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R-61-97 Resolution and certificate of incumbencyFIRST CHICAGO The First National Bank of Chicago RESOLUTION (D1-57 CORPORATE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION AND CERTIFICATE OF INCUMBENCY 1110404908891 I, the undersigned, Do Hereby Certify that the following is a complete, true and correct copy of certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of VILLAGE OF LEMONT , a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois (the "Corporation "), which resolutions were duly adopted in conformity with the laws of said state and the articles of Incorporation and the by -laws of the Corporation and are set forth in the minute book of the Corporation; that I am the keeper of the Corporate Seal and of the minutes and records of the Corporation and that the said resolutions have not been rescinded or modified and are in full force and effect at the date of this certification: Be It Resolved, that The First National Bank of Chicago (the "Bank ") be, and it hereby is, designated a depository in which funds of the Corporation may be deposited by its officers, agents, and employees; and that such officers, agents, and employees of the Corporation are, and each of them hereby is, authorized to endorse for deposit or negotiation, or to deposit without endorsement, any and all checks, drafts, notes, bills of exchange, and orders for the payment of money, either belonging to or coming into possession of the Corporation (including any of the foregoing payable to the Corporation and any trade name or style it may have adopted); indorsement for deposit may written or stamped indorsement of this corporation without designation of the person making the indorsement; Be It Further Resolved, that any two [ ] of the following officers of the Corporation, to wit: the CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, the PRESIDENT, any VICE PRESIDENT, the CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, the TREASURER, any ASSISTANT TREASURER, and the SECRETARY [ ] ( "the Authorizing Officers "), acting jointly, be, and they hereby are, authorized on behalf of the Corporation: A. to designate in writing at any time and from time to time officers ( including themselves), agents and employees of the Corporation (each a "Designation Person ", which term may include the plural) each of whom, on behalf of the Corporation, is authorized to do any one or more of the following: 1. sign, by manual or facsimile signature (including any signature made with or generated by a signature plate, any similar device or computer), any and all checks, drafts, and other orders for the payment of money, including orders or directions in informal or letter form, against any funds at any time, standing to the credit of the Corporation in any account with the Bank, and to redelegate the authority herein contained as to manual signatures only to other officers or employees of the Corporation under such restrictions and limitations as the Authorizing Officers deem appropriate; 2. issue written telephonic, electronic, or oral instructions with respect to transfer of funds of the Corporation on Deposit with the Bank (or otherwise transferable by the Bank) (a) by wire, automated clearinghouse or other electronic means of transfer, without any written order for the payment of money being issued with respect to such transfer or (b) by check, draft, or other written order for the payment of money, whether signed by persons authorized pursuant to this resolution or authorized by the Bank; 3. issue pre - authorized drafts by authorized signatory or signatories against the bank accounts of the Corporation; 4. authorize the issuance of depository transfer checks (each having plainly printed on its face "DEPOSITORY TRANSFER CHECK" and being by its wording payable to the payee bank for credit to an account of the Corporation with the payee bank) for the purpose of transferring funds from the bank to any financial institution in which the Corporation has funds on deposit to an account of the Corporation at another depository bank or financial institution designated under the authority exercised here under. Such checks shall require no signature other than the name of the Corporation printed at the lower right hand corner, which name so printed shall constitute the official signature of the Corporation for use in connection with depository transfer checks; B. to amend, revoke or terminate any designation made pursuant to the authority contained in paragraph A; C. to enter into such agreements with the Bank with respect to any banking services ( including without limitation electronic services) as such officers in their sole discretion deem advisable or in the interest of the Corporation; and D. to open new accounts with the Bank and to close any or all accounts opened with the Bank and to terminate any agreement entered into with the Bank. Be It Further Resolved that the Bank be, and it hereby is, authorized and directed to honor: 1. any and all checks, drafts and orders signed manually by any person or persons authorized by the Authorizing Officers as aforesaid, including those drawn to the individual order of any person or persons whose name or names appear thereon as signer or signers thereof, without further inquiry or regard to the authority of said person or persons or the use of the checks, drafts or orders, or the proceeds thereof; 2. any and all checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money drawn in the corporation's name, including those drawn to the individual order of any person or persons whose name or names appear thereon as signer or signers thereof, without further inquiry or regard to the authority of said person or persons or the use of the checks, drafts or orders, or the proceeds thereof when bearing or purporting to bear the facsimile signature(s) of any person(s) authorized so to sign by the Authorizing Officers as aforesaid, and to charge the account of the Corporation for such checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, regardless of by whom or by what means the actual or purported facsimile signature or signatures thereon may have been affixed thereto, if such signature or signatures resemble(s) the facsimile specimens of such signature(s) certified to or filed with the Bank by or on behalf of this Corporation; 3. any written, oral, telephonic, or electronic instruction for the transfer of funds of the Corporation (a) by wire or other electronic means initiated by a person or persons designated by the Authorizing Officers or made by the Bank in accordance with the procedure provided by any agreement for wire or other electronic means of transfer of funds entered into on behalf of the Corporation by the Authorizing Officers, or (b) by check, draft or other written order for the payment of money authorized in accordance with this resolution; and 4. any preauthorized draft or depository transfer check authorized in accordance with the provisions of this resolution. Be It Further Resolved, that each of the foregoing resolutions shall apply in full to any account, financial accommodation, transaction or property at or with any facility or branch of the Bank and its subsidiaries and affiliates. Be It Further Resolved, that any request for a loan or other financial accommodation may be made by telephone, writing, by telex or facsimile transmission, or by any other form of communication deemed advisable by the Designated Person and that the Bank shall incur no liability for acting in accordance with requests or instructions which the bank believes in good faith to have emanated from a properly authorized person/ Be It Further Resolved, that each of the foregoing resolutions and any designation of Designated Persons made pursuant thereto shall continue in force until express written notice of its revocation or modification has been received by the Bank, but if the authority contained in them should be revoked or terminated by operation of law without such notice, it is resolved and hereby agreed, for the purpose of inducing the Bank to act thereunder, that the bank shall be saved harmless from any loss suffered or liability incurred by it in so acting after such revocation or termination without such notice. I Further Certify that each of the individuals named below presently holds the office appearing next to his or her name and that the specimen of each such individual's signature which appears next to his or her title is genuine: NAME TITLE SIGNA Chairman RICHARD A KWASNESKI President CHARLENE SMOLLEN JEAN NONA Vice President Vice President Chief Financial Officer Secretary Treasurer Assistant Secretary Assistant Treasurer In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of this Corporation this 12th day of Sep. , 1997 [Corporate Seal] Secretary