City of Newport Beach Council Meeting November 10, 2026

The Newport Beach City Council meeting on November 10, 2026, included a study session on preparations for unusually high King Tides through January. Staff described ongoing emergency work—including maintaining beach berms, raising seawalls at roughly 40 locations, distributing sandbags, and coordinating with property owners—and said the city was committing substantial capital and equipment resources, though no total cost was provided. Council members supported obtaining as much eligible sand as possible from the Santa Ana River; staff said a contingency amendment requiring council action would be brought back November 17, while sand work would continue in the meantime. The city is documenting emergency costs and pursuing possible state or federal support, but reimbursement is uncertain.

The consent calendar passed unanimously (7–0) and included on-call recruitment firms, with a not-to-exceed amount of $200,000 per firm for future executive and other staff recruitments, and Ordinance 2026-9 granting the 2020 non-exclusive franchise for commercial solid-waste and divertable-materials handling. The proposed allocation of the city’s $27.4 million year-end surplus was continued to the November 17 meeting, so no allocation decision was made. Public speakers asked that the surplus options be discussed publicly, including capital reserves versus pension repayment.