BERNE — A former Berne employee was given a court order last month to stay away from two town workers.

Scott Green, 51, was ticketed on May 7 for second-degree harassment, a violation, according to a report from the Albany County Sheriff’s Office. Police had been called to the Berne Town Hall on May 2 to respond to a civilian complaint, said Chief Deputy William Rice.

According to the report, the workers had been “having issues with an ex-employee.” Berne Judge Albert Raymond contacted police later that day to notify police that he had issued a stay-away order. Rice declined to name the workers.

Green declined to comment on the matter the day before his June 12 court date, and said he only knew as much as what had been stated in the police report.

“I am a threat to nobody,” he said.

At Berne Town Court, Green’s attorney, Kathy Manley, said that his case was being moved to New Scotland Town Court. She said that the current stay-away order is “overbroad,” because the property listed could overlap with places like the town post office, which is next door to the town hall.

Manly told The Enterprise the court date in New Scotland is still not known, and declined to comment further.

Rice said on Wednesday that a judge has the authority to revise an order of protection at his discretion in order to allow for something like access to the post office.

Green had held several part-time positions for the town of Berne for years, and had been promoted to a full-time position two years ago shortly before he was fired by then-supervisor Kevin Crosier, due to what was described by Crosier as gross insubordination.

Green has said the conflict was related to an issue where insurance benefits offered to his partner, Tim Lippert, were later retracted. Lippert, who is not married to Green, formerly served as the town’s building inspector before Chance Townsend, who had also taken on several of Green’s jobs, was appointed in his place in January.

Green, who had regularly attended town board meetings and filmed them with a video camera, said he was not concerned about potentially being unable to return to town hall.

“If someone doesn’t welcome me, I don’t want to be there,” he said.