He had been a member of the trust for a year, but handed in a letter of resignation two weeks ago following the annual conference of the Australasian Cemeteries and Crematoria Association’s (ACCA) in Auckland, New Zealand.
Mr Capar attended the five-day long conference with councillors Kathryn Eriksson and Costas Socratous, who are also members of the trust.
Cr Eriksson, who is the chairman of the trust, said it was “in the best interest of the trust” that Cr Capar resigned.
“Obviously there are matters involved. As far as I know there is always two sides to a story,” Cr Eriksson said.
ACCA’s president Peter Denboer said Cr Capar had voluntarily resigned.
Mr Denboer said he could not comment on whether Cr Capar resigned because of the conference he attended in New Zealand.
The 19th annual conference was held in Auckland’s Langham Hotel.
Cr Costas described the trip as a good experience, but had not been briefed on why Cr Capar had resigned.
“We are still waiting for an explanation from him,” Cr Costas said.
Cr Capar did not return Star’s phone calls before this newspaper went to press.
