Ald. Kent Palmer, District 15, will bid farewell to the City Council tonight, two months after announcing his resignation.

Palmer is moving to Cambridge, Wis., with his fiancé. The two will wed Nov. 9.

Palmer’s last year on the City Council was marked by his intent to ban drink specials.

“What I’m concerned about is bars drawing in customers with sheer amounts of alcohol,” Palmer remarked in September.

Palmer said he considered himself a man of the people.

“I have always bristled at the moniker of ‘politician,’ viewing myself as a regular person involved in politics,” Palmer wrote in his resignation statement. “I encourage other blue-collar, working people to take the opportunity to serve, to lend their perspective to the political process, as the day-to-day struggle is often lost on those who traditionally seek and fill public office.”

The City Council will vote on whether Dane County supervisor, Andy Olsen, will fill Palmer’s seat.

The Council will also vote to ratify a 20-year agreement to abolish the Town of Madison, dividing its land between the City of Madison and the City of Fitchburg. If passed, some land will immediately change hands, and some will wait up to 20 years to do so.

Also, three tenant-landlord ordinances will be voted on.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, has sponsored two such ordinances. One aims to close a loophole allowing landlords to charge tenants with a late fee of more than five percent, by using the term “early rent discount.” The goal of the other ordinance is to close a loophole that allows landlords to charge tenants for carpet cleaning when they vacate their apartments at the end of their lease.

“This is a very widespread practice on campus,” Verveer said. “I hope to save students a lot of money.”

The third landlord-tenant ordinance is sponsored by Ald. Dorothy Borchardt, District 12, and would allow landlords to charge double the price of any damages incurred by tenants.