Controversy is brewing in Stafford over two concurrent but unrelated issues: the new library construction project in conjunction with the Ocean County Library System, and the question of whether the town is meeting the staffing needs of the police department.

At the April 13 council meeting, where Mayor Greg Myhre was absent, council members were somewhat at odds. Councilmen George Williams and Michael Pfancook voted no to the library back in May of last year, while the other five (Anthony…