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'''Seth Burnley''' (1889–1966) was a [[Charlottesville]] [[City Manager | city manager]] from the 1930's until 1948. <ref name="minutes">Minutes of a Meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of Charlottesville, Held October 20, 1944</ref> <ref>{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=Citizens Protest Shirley Plan for Rivanna Bridge|url=http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2644371/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2644372/4788.5/1500.5/3/1/0|author=Staff Reports|pageno=1|printdate=August 8, 1933|publishdate=August 8, 1933|accessdate=August 8, 2016 from University of Virginia Library}}</ref> He left to become city manager of [[Staunton]] in June 1948 and was replaced by [[James E. Bowen]]. His annual salary was $6,000 ($62,516.27 in 2018 dollars) at the time he left. <ref name="appointment">{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=Bowen is Named Acting Manager by City Council|url=http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2792453/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2792454/4913.5/2317.5/3/1/0|author=Staff Reports|pageno=1|printdate=June 1, 1948|publishdate=June 1, 1948|accessdate=October 14, 2017 from University of Virginia Library}}</ref>
'''Seth Burnley''' (1889–1966) was native of Albemarle County and a graduate of the University of Virginia with a civil engineering degree. He became Charlottesville’s third city manager in [[1932]], after having served ten years as county engineer of Albemarle and four years, from 1928 to 1932, as county manager. He left in [[1948]] to become city manager of [[Staunton]] and was replaced by [[James E. Bowen]].
 
At the time he left, Burnley's annual salary was $6,000 (equivalent to $62,520 in 2018 dollars). <ref name="appointment">{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=Bowen is Named Acting Manager by City Council|url=http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2792453/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2792454/4913.5/2317.5/3/1/0|author=Staff Reports|pageno=1|printdate=June 1, 1948|publishdate=June 1, 1948|accessdate=October 14, 2017 from University of Virginia Library}}</ref> He began his Staunton job at $7,800 a year.<ref name="minutes">Minutes of a Meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of Charlottesville, Held October 20, 1944</ref> <ref>{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=Citizens Protest Shirley Plan for Rivanna Bridge|url=http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2644371/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2644372/4788.5/1500.5/3/1/0|author=Staff Reports|pageno=1|printdate=August 8, 1933|publishdate=August 8, 1933|accessdate=August 8, 2016 from University of Virginia Library}}</ref>  
 
In the first two years of Burnley’s tenure, he was instrumental in the building of a modern incinerator for city garbage; replacement of street cars with bus transportation; covering the brick paving on Main Street with asphalt and concrete; removal of overhead wiring from Main Street; and replacing Main Street’s old fashioned “arc” lighting with modern street lighting.


On [[June 27]], 1942, Burnley presided over an International City Managers Association meeting at the [[Monticello Hotel]] about the effects of the war on municipal government. <ref>{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=City Managers Discuss Problems Caused by War|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2770113/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2770115/5035.5/3514.5/3/1/0|author=|pageno=2|printdate=June 29, 1942|publishdate=June 29, 1942|accessdate=June 29, 2019}}</ref>
On [[June 27]], 1942, Burnley presided over an International City Managers Association meeting at the [[Monticello Hotel]] about the effects of the war on municipal government. <ref>{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=City Managers Discuss Problems Caused by War|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2770113/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2770115/5035.5/3514.5/3/1/0|author=|pageno=2|printdate=June 29, 1942|publishdate=June 29, 1942|accessdate=June 29, 2019}}</ref>


After graduating from the [[University of Virginia]], Burnley worked for DuPont at Wilmington, the Pennsylvania Railroad, as road engineer for [[Albemarle County]] before becoming the city manager and purchasing agent for the City of Charlottesville.
==Family==
Cousin to [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]] <ref>title=Evening star. |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1952-07-02/ed-1/seq-28/#date1=1930&index=2&rows=20&words=Burnley+Seth+Staunton&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=Seth+Burnley+Staunton&y=11&x=16&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 |(Washington, D.C.)  printdate=02 July 1952.</ref>
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==Notable events==
*During Burnley’s 16 years in the City Hall, Charlottesville doubled in area through annexation, and the annual budget grew from $515,766.95 in 1932 to a proposed $1,348,221.37 for 1949.
*[[November 2]], [[1933]] &ndash; Burnley has his tonsils removed at the UVA Hospital. <ref>{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=Burnley in Hospital|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2642430|author=|pageno=10|printdate=November 3, 1933|publishdate=November 3, 1933|accessdate=November 3, 2022}}</ref>
*[[December 1]], [[1933]] &ndash; Burnley tells the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors he cannot accept their offer to become the County Executive at a $5,000 a year salary. <ref>{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=Seth Burnley Decides to Remain as City Manager|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2642692|author=|pageno=1|printdate=December 1, 1933|publishdate=December 1, 1933|accessdate=December 1, 2022}}</ref>
*Summer 1941 &ndash; Shortly before the United States entered [[World War II]], Burnley is named by Governor James H. Price as a member of the Northern Virginia Regional Defense Council. <ref>{{cite book|title=Pursuits of war: The People of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, in the Second World War|url=https://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=2003_Q4/uvaBook/tei/b000420601.xml;chunk.id=d16;toc.depth=1;toc.id=d16;brand=default;query=roberts#1|author=Gertrude Dana Parlier|work=|pageno=|publisher=Albemarle County Historical Society|location=|publishdate=1948|accessdate=February 11, 2023}}</ref>
*[[June 1]], [[1948]]  [[June 1|&ndash;]]  At the regular city council meeting, City Manager Burnley was requested to remain until June 10, 1948, to acquaint the new manager with any unfinished projects currently under construction or contemplated, at his usual salary.


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Seth Burnley, City Manager, ca. 1930
Photo of Street sweeping machine, ca. 1930

Seth Burnley (1889–1966) was native of Albemarle County and a graduate of the University of Virginia with a civil engineering degree. He became Charlottesville’s third city manager in 1932, after having served ten years as county engineer of Albemarle and four years, from 1928 to 1932, as county manager. He left in 1948 to become city manager of Staunton and was replaced by James E. Bowen.

At the time he left, Burnley's annual salary was $6,000 (equivalent to $62,520 in 2018 dollars). [1] He began his Staunton job at $7,800 a year.[2] [3]

In the first two years of Burnley’s tenure, he was instrumental in the building of a modern incinerator for city garbage; replacement of street cars with bus transportation; covering the brick paving on Main Street with asphalt and concrete; removal of overhead wiring from Main Street; and replacing Main Street’s old fashioned “arc” lighting with modern street lighting.

On June 27, 1942, Burnley presided over an International City Managers Association meeting at the Monticello Hotel about the effects of the war on municipal government. [4]

After graduating from the University of Virginia, Burnley worked for DuPont at Wilmington, the Pennsylvania Railroad, as road engineer for Albemarle County before becoming the city manager and purchasing agent for the City of Charlottesville.

Family

Cousin to Paul Goodloe McIntire [5]

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Notable events

  • During Burnley’s 16 years in the City Hall, Charlottesville doubled in area through annexation, and the annual budget grew from $515,766.95 in 1932 to a proposed $1,348,221.37 for 1949.
  • November 2, 1933 – Burnley has his tonsils removed at the UVA Hospital. [6]
  • December 1, 1933 – Burnley tells the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors he cannot accept their offer to become the County Executive at a $5,000 a year salary. [7]
  • Summer 1941 – Shortly before the United States entered World War II, Burnley is named by Governor James H. Price as a member of the Northern Virginia Regional Defense Council. [8]
  • June 1, 1948 At the regular city council meeting, City Manager Burnley was requested to remain until June 10, 1948, to acquaint the new manager with any unfinished projects currently under construction or contemplated, at his usual salary.

References

  1. Web. Bowen is Named Acting Manager by City Council, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, June 1, 1948, retrieved October 14, 2017 from University of Virginia Library. Print. June 1, 1948 page 1.
  2. Minutes of a Meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of Charlottesville, Held October 20, 1944
  3. Web. Citizens Protest Shirley Plan for Rivanna Bridge, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, August 8, 1933, retrieved August 8, 2016 from University of Virginia Library. Print. August 8, 1933 page 1.
  4. Web. City Managers Discuss Problems Caused by War, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, June 29, 1942, retrieved June 29, 2019. Print. June 29, 1942 page 2.
  5. title=Evening star. |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1952-07-02/ed-1/seq-28/#date1=1930&index=2&rows=20&words=Burnley+Seth+Staunton&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=Seth+Burnley+Staunton&y=11&x=16&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 |(Washington, D.C.) printdate=02 July 1952.
  6. Web. Burnley in Hospital, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, November 3, 1933, retrieved November 3, 2022. Print. November 3, 1933 page 10.
  7. Web. Seth Burnley Decides to Remain as City Manager, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, December 1, 1933, retrieved December 1, 2022. Print. December 1, 1933 page 1.
  8. Book. Pursuits of war: The People of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, in the Second World War, Gertrude Dana Parlier, Albemarle County Historical Society, retrieved February 11, 2023.