JC
John C. Herbst
Commissioner
District 1
Fort Lauderdale, FL
September 15, 2026
Last heard
Voting patterns
Derived only from verified roll-call votes (277 counted); voice votes are not included.
3.2%
Dissent rate · 277 votes
96.8%
With majority · 277 votes
Most aligned · 275 shared
Least aligned · 276 shared
Voting record
Roll-call votes parsed verbatim from meeting transcripts; motion wording is transcript text. Follow the meeting for full context.
YEA
Do I hear a motion to approve all the rest of the consent agenda items? Second. Moved and seconded.
— And all those consent agenda items are now approved.
YEA
Do I hear a second? Second. We move to second it.
— And CM7 is now approved.
YEA
M1, motion to authorize the settlement of workers' compensation claims for James Brinton v. City of Fort Lauderdale, case number 22-005088DAL. Second. Moved and seconded.
— And M1 is approved.
YEA
M2, motion approving an agreement for invitation to bid. Second. Item has been moved and seconded.
— And M2 is now approved.
YEA
M3, motion approving an agreement. So moved. Second.
— And so M3 is now approved.
YEA
M4, motion approving proprietary purchases for water distribution, wastewater collection, Second. Moved and seconded.
— And M4 is now approved.
YEA
Motion
— And R10 is now approved.
YEA
Uh, no one has signed up to speak, so do I hear, let me first ask a motion to, um, close public hearing. Do I hear a second? Who moves and seconded?
YEA
Motion
— And PH1 is now approved.
YEA
I seconded. Did I second it? Yes, I seconded.
YEA
This is a public hearing, second reading, on an ordinance amending the City of Fort Lauderdale Second. We move the second to close public hearing on PH-5.
YEA
Motion
— And that item is now approved.
YEA
Do I hear a motion to approve those minutes? Second. They're moved and seconded.
— And those minutes are now approved.
YEA
So moved. Second.
— And the minutes and the agenda are now approved.
YEA
Motion
— And that resolution is now approved.
YEA
So, except for CR1, CR2, and CM10, do I hear a motion to approve the consent agenda items? Second.
YEA
Someone want to make the motion? Second. Been moved and seconded.
— An M1 is now approved.
YEA
Second. Do I hear a second? Moved and second.
— An M3 is now approved.
YEA
There being none, do I hear a motion to close public hearing on R8? Second. We've been moved and seconded.
YEA
Second. We moved and seconded.
YEA
And PH1 is now approved on second reading. Second.
YEA
Second. Moved and seconded.
YEA
Motion
— And PH-3 is now approved on first reading.
YEA
Second. It moved and seconded.
YEA
Second. They've moved and seconded.
YEA
Motion
— And PH-5 is now approved.
YEA
Motion
— And OFR 1 is now approved on first reading.
YEA
There being none, do I hear a motion to close public hearing? Second. We move and seconded.
YEA
Motion
— And that item is now approved.
YEA
Second. They're moved and seconded.
YEA
Motion
— And that item is now approved.
YEA
Motion
— And that item is now approved.
Statements in public meetings
Attributed by AI speaker identification from official meeting recordings; excerpts link to the full transcript for context. Attribution is conservative — unverified speech is left unattributed.
at 36:44So a lot of what we did was a matter of balancing the resources we had with what the neighborhood and what the school was looking to accomplish at that site.
at 38:14I'd love to be able to accommodate the neighborhood if there's space, which I don't believe there is, and if there's funding, which I know there's not.
at 4:38Well, it's because Hugh Taylor Birch hated the city of Fort Lauderdale because we took away the land fronting the ocean to build A1A instead of taking the land fronting the intracoastal.
at 5:33So what we have to do is plan realistically, Commissioner, budget enough money, budget for inflation, and kind of like we did when we were doing the fire – I'm sorry, when we were doing the parking garage in Holiday Park, where we budgeted $7 million and we knew it was going to cost 30.
at 3:59:27R2, resolution waiving the competitive solicitation and selection process contained in the City of Fort Lauderdale procurement ordinance
at 4:12:32If anyone wishing to speak, it must be sworn in, and the Commissioner will announce any site visits, communications, or extroverted opinions received and make them a part of the record.
at 0:01This April 7th, 2026. Thank you for all for being here. Sorry we got started a little bit late and I appreciate your patience. The afternoon meeting went a little longer than we expected. So for those of you who are here for the first time, we want to thank you for being here. And we start out our meetings with the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence and then we go into various announcements. So if I could p…
at 3:50So we take a pause now before we begin voting on matters and discussing on matters on the agenda to recognize people, events, or certain months that are important for the city of Fort Lauderdale and the community that we represent in recognizing the special month that April is.
at 2:04So we have our first motion, M1, motion approving minutes of the February 17, 2026 Community Redevelopment Agency Board meeting.
at 2:28An M1 is now approved, M2, motion approving a services agreement between the City of Fort Lauderdale
at 30:59Well, you know, to echo what Commissioner Glassman has said, every one of these applicants could certainly have produced a wonderful quality product in a timely fashion and, you know, within our budget.
at 47:25OSR 2, second reading, quasi-judicial ordinance approving a rezoning from residential single-family and duplex medium-density RD-15 district to residential multifamily low-rise medium-density RM-15 district.
at 11:00So for our next presentation, again with our Chief Educational Officer, Susan Leon, we're recognizing the City of Fort Lauderdale Scholarship Fund presentation in partnership with the Broward Education Foundation.
at 17:00Our next presentation, I'd like to invite Commissioner Glassman, who will be presenting a community appearance award, to Z-Rock Dermatology.
at 1:57:37And like the young lady just said, I hope to live to see the final product because it's going to be an amazing addition to our oceanside experience.
at 2:05:37Okay, moving on to Business 4, presentation on the City of Fort Lauderdale Unified Land Development Regulation Requirements for the Measurement of Height of Walls and Fences.