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Three members of the Dublin San Ramon Services District Board of Directors are now set to hold their seats through the end of 2028 after being sworn in during a ceremony ahead of the board’s final regular meeting of the year.
Division 1 Director Dinesh Govindarao, Division 3 Director Rich Halket and Division 5 Director Arun Goel took the oath of office during the ceremony on Dec. 17, marking the first full terms for Govindarao and Goel and the continuation of a lengthy tenure on the board for Halket, who is now in his 20th year on the board.
“I look forward to working with the Board to achieve our shared goals of protecting public health and the environment while providing reliable water, wastewater and recycled water services to our customers,” DSRSD General Manager Jan Lee said in an announcement from the agency on Dec. 19.
Govindarao, a former San Ramon mayoral candidate, has served on the DSRSD board since 2023 when he was appointed to the vacancy left by Marisol Rubio upon her election to the San Ramon City Council. Goel, a former Dublin councilmember, was first appointed to DSRSD in 2021 and then elected to a special two-year term in 2022.
Both incumbents were unchallenged and did not appear on the ballot for the Nov. 5 election.
While Halket did face a challenge from Javier Lopez Rivero on the ballot, the latter was deemed ineligible for the seat due to failure to meet a residential eligibility requirement.
After the sitting directors were sworn in for their additional terms, the board selected Goel as president for the coming year and Halket as vice president. It’s the first time Goel has served as president, and the fifth time Halket has served as vice president.
