(2) employ on behalf of the Company agents, employees, accountants, lawyers, clerical help and such other assistance and services as the Managing Member may deem proper and to pay therefor such remuneration as the Managing Member may deem reasonable and appropriate;
(3) pay insurance premiums, property taxes and other amounts necessary or appropriate to the management, administration, conservation, improvement, development or operation of the Company and its property;
(4) make and enter into such agreements and contracts with such parties and to give such receipts, releases and discharges with respect to any and all of the foregoing and any matters incident thereto as the Managing Member may deem advisable or appropriate;
(5) sue and be sued, complain and defend in the name of and on behalf of the Company;
(6) operate, maintain, finance, approve, construct, own, grant options with respect to, sell, convey, assign, mortgage and lease any real estate or personal property necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes of the Company;
(7) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes of the Company and secure the same by mortgage, pledge or other lien on any property;
(8) execute, in furtherance of any and all of the purposes of the Company, any deed, easement, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, mortgage note, promissory note, bill of sale, contract or other instrument purporting to convey or encumber any or all of the property of the Company;
(9) care for and distribute funds to the Member by way of cash, income, return of capital, or otherwise, all in accordance with the provisions of this Operating Agreement, and to perform all matters in furtherance of the objectives of the Company or this Operating Agreement;
(10) purchase from or through others contract, liability, casualty or other insurance for the protection of the properties or affairs of the Company, or the Member, or for any purpose convenient or beneficial to the Company;
(11) pay all taxes, licenses or assessments of whatever kind or nature imposed upon or against the Company or its property, and for such purposes, to make such returns and to do other such acts or things as may be deemed necessary and advisable by the Company; to perform all acts and duties relating to the payment of all indebtedness, taxes and assessments; and to negotiate and enter into such agreements deemed necessary and advisable to operate the Company and its property;
(12) engage in any kind of activity and to perform and carry out contracts of any kind necessary to, or in connection with, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes of the Company, as may be lawfully carried on or performed by a limited liability company under the laws of each State in which the Company is then formed or qualified to do business.
(c) Managing Member’s Certificate. Any person dealing with the Company or the Managing Member may rely upon a certificate signed by the Managing Member with respect to one or more of the following:
(1) the identity of any Managing Member or other Member hereof;
(2) the existence or non-existence of any fact or facts which constitute a condition precedent to acts by a Managing Member or in any other manner germane to the affairs of the Company;
(3) the persons who are authorized to execute and deliver any instrument or document of the Company; or
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