FOLEY, Ala. - Summerdale Mayor David Wilson said the town's Board of Employee Appeals unanimously sided with the town in the appeal of Corporal Quentin Bettner's termination from employment with the town.

"(The board has) given me a letter, and I will send it to them," Wilson said. "It was a unanimous vote."

The board met Wednesday afternoon in an open, public meeting, the town clerk said.

The council held a hearing at the town's Municipal Complex on March 17 regarding Mayor David Wilson's request for the termination of Bettner and then Police Chief Dwain Riebeling's employment with the town. The Summerdale Town Council voted 4-1 at the hearing to terminate Bettner's employment with the town. Wilson and Council members Myles Bishop, Gerald Hughes and Norma Giles voted to dismiss, while Councilman Travis Townsend voted against the action. Councilman Ralph Clopton abstained from the vote.

After the hearing, Bettner's attorney, Neil Hanley, said he did not agree with the procedure the town took because he didn't think there was a proper hearing or notice.

Riebeling and Bettner received letters from the town on Friday, the day after the hearing, that stated the results of the hearing. The letter delivered to Bettner stated he could appeal the decision to the Board of Employee Appeals by the following Tuesday.

In February, Wilson approached the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office about issues with the effectiveness and size of the police department. There was mention of disbanding the town police department and leaving the area to the supervision of sheriff's office deputies.