Both Mayor Rosaelia Martinez and the Warden City Council purchased cards and flowers for Kriss Shuler’s final meeting as Warden’s administrator/clerk-treasurer. Martinez wrote “Could say thank you a thousand times; it wouldn’t mean more than the first time. You are the best city manager God could have put in my life.”
October 27, 2026
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‘She left the room better than she found it’
Warden's Kriss Shuler retires after 36 years of service to hometown
WARDEN — After 36 years of service to the city of Warden, Kriss Shuler spent her final city council meeting the same way she spent much of her career: helping prepare the next generation of city leaders. During Tuesday's Warden City Council meeting, Shuler administered the oaths of office to new City Administrator Joseph Elizalde and City Clerk-Treasurer Lindsey Betts, formally turning over duties she had carried for decades as the city's clerk-treasurer and, later, city administrator. Her final official day with the city was Oct. 28.