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==Notable events==
==Notable events==
*[[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>
*[[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>
*[[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>
*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.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:35, 23 March 2023

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

Seth Burnley (1889–1966) was a Charlottesville city manager from the 1930's until 1948. [1] [2] He left to become city manager of Staunton in June 1948 and was replaced by James E. Bowen. His annual salary was $6,000 ($62,520 in 2018 dollars) at the time he left. [3] He began his Staunton job at $7,800 a year.

Burnley was a graduate of the University of Virginia in civil engineering, worked for DuPont at Wilmington, the Pennsylvania Railroad, as road engineer for Albemarle County and city manager before leaving for Staunton.

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]

Family

Cousin to Paul Goodloe McIntire [5]

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Notable events

  • 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. Minutes of a Meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of Charlottesville, Held October 20, 1944
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  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.