Close Burnside City Clerk Crissa Morris (left) and Mayor Robert Lawson (right) listen during Monday's May meeting of the Burnside City Council. Christopher Harris By Christopher Harris Commonwealth Journal May 5, 2021 5 hrs ago Burnside City Clerk Crissa Morris (left) and Mayor Robert Lawson (right) listen during Monday's May meeting of the Burnside City Council. Christopher Harris Monday's meeting of the Burnside City Council was about the budget of the present â and the possibilities of even bigger budgets in the future. The most significant action taken at the May meeting was the passage of Ordinance no. 2021-001, stating the city's intent to annex a corridor of U.S. 27 going south, about three miles past the Burnside border shortly past Keno Road.