CITY WORKER DISCIPLINED IN CONFEDERATE FLAG CASE.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: TIM O'BRIEN Staff writer

Troy A city worker is being disciplined for placing a Confederate flag in an African-American co-worker's locker.

Clifford Halpin was ordered suspended for two weeks without pay, to pay a fine of $100 and to undergo diversity training, according to a copy of the settlement.

Halpin, a nine-year employee of the Department of Public Utilities, admitted to placing the flag in the locker of co-worker Mark Scott June 5 as a practical joke. Scott also has worked for the department for nine years.

``This to inform you that the city has determined that your actions on June 5, 1997, were highly inappropriate, and …