Mayor Andrew Fellows speaks at a College Park City Council meeting.

After the first Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life-sponsored on-campus tailgate of the football season, city officials voiced their satisfaction with Saturday morning’s gameday outcome at the City Council meeting Tuesday night.

Students looking to tailgate did a good job keeping the noise down in residential neighborhoods, officials said.

Code Enforcement received one call for a noise complaint that morning and ended up not having to address it, City Manager Joe Nagro said.

“We got a call around 8:00 [a.m.],” Nagro said. “But when we got there, the police had been there already.”

In fact, Nagro noted most of the calls made in regard to noise complaints were from neighborhoods away from student residences.

“There were some parties in other parts of the city,” Nagro said. “They were more family-type-oriented parties.”

District 3 Councilman Robert Day applauded students for keeping the partying on the campus, rather than off it.

“It was very interesting to watch the students moving at that time in the morning towards bus pick-up spots,” Day said. “Congratulations to students for doing the right thing. Hopefully it’ll continue and we’ll see benefits continue to grow throughout the city.”

Nagro said he was also surprised to witness students who were up and moving early Saturday morning on their way to the campus.

“I didn’t realize young people got up so early these days,” Nagro said. “But there weren’t that many places for them to go.”

Nagro recalled watching students move onto the campus with alcohol in tow.

“All these guys and ladies had their little bags filled with their drinks of the day,” Nagro said. “It was like a bunch of kids going to school.”

The students’ behavior showed respect for the surrounding community that might have been missing in the past, said Cole Holocker, student liaison to the City Council.

“What we’re seeing with these tailgates is exactly what we intended,” said Holocker, a junior government and politics major. “I’m proud of our students for respecting our community. [And] I’m glad students were able to enjoy game day respectfully and responsibly on-campus.”

But despite the outcome, there is always room for improvement, Nagro said.

“Overall, it wasn’t a disastrous weekend,” Nagro said. “It could’ve been better, but it wasn’t a disastrous weekend.”