Detroit (WWJ)  -- It was a short, but productive meeting between incoming Detroit Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. and outgoing Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. 

Kilpatrick left the Coleman A Young Municipal Center around 11 a.m. but didn't comment, according to WWJ's Pat Sweeting.  

Shortly afterward, Cockrel came out of the executive office and said it was a productive meeting. 

"I felt it was a good meeting for the purpose of starting off.  It's not the last meeting," Cockrel said. 

Cockrel said the purpose of the meeting was to conduct an overview and get a sense of pending issues in certain departments.

Cockrel also said he's been making some department head decisions, but wouldn't comment further.

Mayor Kilpatrick's spokesman, Sharon McPhail, told reporters that despite the way things ended there are positive things going on in Detroit.

McPhail said Kilpatrick had a number of meetings scheduled on various programs, including NEXT Detroit, that she hopes Cockrel will continue. 

Kilpatrick admitted he lied in court and pled guilty two felony obstruction charges last Thursday.  He also pled no contest to a felony assault charge. 

The mayor said last Thursday Detroiters should support current City Council President Ken Cockrel Jr., who will succeed him in office on September 19th.  

"My resignation should not stop the continuing progress of the place we all love, the city of Detroit," Kilpatrick said Thursday. 

Kilpatrick has directed his Deputy Mayor, Kandia Milton, to work with department heads to develop reports for each city department.  Those reports will be presented to Cockrel during meetings with Kilpatrick Administration cabinet members and departments directors. 

Cockrel said he will most likely keep some of the Mayor's appointees on during the transition, however city policy calls for each resignation to take effect on September 18th, the mayor's last day in office. 

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