Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber and Mayor-elect Michael Garcia, a sitting city councilor, have traded plenty of barbs on the dais.

Still, both spoke positively about their first meeting to discuss the upcoming transition from Webber's administration to Garcia's.

"I really feel that there we are, working towards a collaborative approach," Garcia said in a news conference Monday evening following an afternoon meeting he and his transition team co-chairs held with Webber and City Manager Mark Scott.

Webber described the meeting as "very substantive and productive" and "very amiable."

He added in a brief interview Monday evening Garcia's transition team co-chairs, Charlotte Roybal and Manuel Garcia, are friends "from days gone by."

"It was a very good discussion about how we can cooperate for

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