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Kroozin Kooler Biography
We were sitting outside with the neighbors and all the kids on a day when the heat index was over 100 degrees and were thinking how nice it would be to have an ice cream truck come by. That is when the proverbial lightbulb over my head lit up. Our neighbor Jammie said I know what you are thinking and it is an awesome idea!!!
The next day Thursday June 25 2009 I went to the City Clerks office to see about getting a permit. They told me they do not issue permits for ice cream trucks, I was not the first person to ask and I surely wouldn't be the last. I told her I would be the first person to do something about it!! From there I walked down to the mayors office, he happened to be in and could see me. I told him what my intentions were, he agreed it would be worth looking at. The mayor told me to send a letter or e-mail and he would take it to the city council.
That Sunday Jen and I drafted an e-mail and sent it to the mayor. The very next day Monday 06-29-09 I get a call from the Rockford Register Star, (the local newspaper) asking me if I could do an interview. They saw it on the calendar for discussion that evening at the city council meeting. That evening it was brought up and referred to committee. The next week 07-06-09 the committee discussed the rules & requirements that would be needed to obtain a permit. They were all in agreement rather quickly. There were 5 councilmen at the committee meeting that makes up 1/2 of the city council and the mayor breaks a tie, so we have the votes needed.
With the city council so sure it would pass we went down to the county clerks office on Tuesday 07-07-09 to register our business name, "Kroozin Kooler Frozen Treatz". From the county clerks office we went to the Loves Park Police department to do our background check required to drive the ice cream truck (part of the code change stipulation). Well then we decided we need a logo. We called Tim at Accurate Business Controls who came up with a rough logo. By working with him on it for a few hours we came up with the current logo. We registered the website on Wednesday 07-08-09 and had business cards printed up.
We have found a few ice cream trucks online so we decided to go ahead with purchasing one. The ice cream truck we decided on was in Georgia. We have made arrangements with a trucking company to deliver it to us. Hopefully it will be here by Friday (07-17-09)!!!
The city council meeting on Monday 07-13-09 went well they brought up the proposed changes to the code and passed them.
Tuesday 7-14-09 the truck we bought from Georgia (off craigslist sight unseen) showed up around 9:00 at night. We let all the neighbor kids go for a ride around the block with us, then parked it. The following day I had to work at my real job so Jen went through and cleaned it inside & out, top to bottom. When I got off work I started installing the swing out arm that is required by the city and just kind of cleaning up the wiring that was hanging everywhere. We replaced burnt out bulbs and went shopping for new mirrors and a few accessories.
Sunday 7-19-09 Well we have finally had time to update the website with the latest. We started to clean up the wiring and ended up pulling it all out & redoing it all together. We added a few more flashing lights and made everything work. That took a long time. Friday 7-17-09 we took the truck in for a state inspection and a health department inspection both went well. Saturday 7-18-09 We got our delivery of ice cream and got the truck loaded up and ready to go. Sunday was some relaxing and memorizing where all 47 different variety's' of ice cream could be found in the freezer.
Monday 7-20-09 City council went well we won!!! 6-3 was the vote. The Yes votes belong to Greg Jury, John Pruitt, Clint Little, Mike Owens, John Jacobson, and Mark Peterson. The people who voted No were Janet Novak, Richard Brinker, and A. Marie Holmes and absent was Tom Laughlin. The media was out in full force before & after the meeting. We even did 2 live interviews!!! We gave the mayor a Batman ice cream which he shared with my son.
Tuesday 7-21-09 I had to get up early so I could do a live interview with the morning show on WTVO. That was at 6:45. When that was over I went down to the city clerks office to get my permit at 8:00 when they opened. At around 11:30 we took off and went out for about an hour before it started to rain :( We had a lot of fun in our first outing and look forward to the rain stopping to go out and try it again soon.
Saturday 4-24-10 Well it has been a while since I updated the Bio page so here goes, I will try to catch everyone up.
We had a great 1st year last year so we decided to buy another truck. When we got it it was nowhere near the description or the pictures of it. I spent a few months over the winter restoring it. The last time it was registered was 1983!!! It was a lot of work but it is really cool making a hunk of junk from 1969 like new again. We now have two trucks in our fleet "Red" the original 1975 we started with & now "Blue" the restored 1969. These trucks are original ice cream trucks made by General Motors for Good Humor way back in the day. These trucks rolled off the assembly line with the bells & caution signs & everything already on them. Here are a few pictures of our fleet. If you want to see the progress of "Blue" and other pics check out my Photobucket page.
Saturday 4-24-2010 Last week we secured our health department permits for both trucks and our walk in freezer we purchased over the winter. We did get Machesney Park and Roscoe to allow street vendors too!! We have paid our permit fees in Loves Park, Machesney Park, and Roscoe. The ordinances restrict us from starting until May 1st, so we will be patiently waiting one more week. Remember if you see an ice cream truck and it is not a Kroozin Kooler call the police and report them. We have spent a lot of time and money to do this legally and we do not appreciate someone coming in and doing it illegally without even a health department permit.
The next day Thursday June 25 2009 I went to the City Clerks office to see about getting a permit. They told me they do not issue permits for ice cream trucks, I was not the first person to ask and I surely wouldn't be the last. I told her I would be the first person to do something about it!! From there I walked down to the mayors office, he happened to be in and could see me. I told him what my intentions were, he agreed it would be worth looking at. The mayor told me to send a letter or e-mail and he would take it to the city council.
That Sunday Jen and I drafted an e-mail and sent it to the mayor. The very next day Monday 06-29-09 I get a call from the Rockford Register Star, (the local newspaper) asking me if I could do an interview. They saw it on the calendar for discussion that evening at the city council meeting. That evening it was brought up and referred to committee. The next week 07-06-09 the committee discussed the rules & requirements that would be needed to obtain a permit. They were all in agreement rather quickly. There were 5 councilmen at the committee meeting that makes up 1/2 of the city council and the mayor breaks a tie, so we have the votes needed.
With the city council so sure it would pass we went down to the county clerks office on Tuesday 07-07-09 to register our business name, "Kroozin Kooler Frozen Treatz". From the county clerks office we went to the Loves Park Police department to do our background check required to drive the ice cream truck (part of the code change stipulation). Well then we decided we need a logo. We called Tim at Accurate Business Controls who came up with a rough logo. By working with him on it for a few hours we came up with the current logo. We registered the website on Wednesday 07-08-09 and had business cards printed up.
We have found a few ice cream trucks online so we decided to go ahead with purchasing one. The ice cream truck we decided on was in Georgia. We have made arrangements with a trucking company to deliver it to us. Hopefully it will be here by Friday (07-17-09)!!!
The city council meeting on Monday 07-13-09 went well they brought up the proposed changes to the code and passed them.
Tuesday 7-14-09 the truck we bought from Georgia (off craigslist sight unseen) showed up around 9:00 at night. We let all the neighbor kids go for a ride around the block with us, then parked it. The following day I had to work at my real job so Jen went through and cleaned it inside & out, top to bottom. When I got off work I started installing the swing out arm that is required by the city and just kind of cleaning up the wiring that was hanging everywhere. We replaced burnt out bulbs and went shopping for new mirrors and a few accessories.
Sunday 7-19-09 Well we have finally had time to update the website with the latest. We started to clean up the wiring and ended up pulling it all out & redoing it all together. We added a few more flashing lights and made everything work. That took a long time. Friday 7-17-09 we took the truck in for a state inspection and a health department inspection both went well. Saturday 7-18-09 We got our delivery of ice cream and got the truck loaded up and ready to go. Sunday was some relaxing and memorizing where all 47 different variety's' of ice cream could be found in the freezer.
Monday 7-20-09 City council went well we won!!! 6-3 was the vote. The Yes votes belong to Greg Jury, John Pruitt, Clint Little, Mike Owens, John Jacobson, and Mark Peterson. The people who voted No were Janet Novak, Richard Brinker, and A. Marie Holmes and absent was Tom Laughlin. The media was out in full force before & after the meeting. We even did 2 live interviews!!! We gave the mayor a Batman ice cream which he shared with my son.
Tuesday 7-21-09 I had to get up early so I could do a live interview with the morning show on WTVO. That was at 6:45. When that was over I went down to the city clerks office to get my permit at 8:00 when they opened. At around 11:30 we took off and went out for about an hour before it started to rain :( We had a lot of fun in our first outing and look forward to the rain stopping to go out and try it again soon.
Saturday 4-24-10 Well it has been a while since I updated the Bio page so here goes, I will try to catch everyone up.
We had a great 1st year last year so we decided to buy another truck. When we got it it was nowhere near the description or the pictures of it. I spent a few months over the winter restoring it. The last time it was registered was 1983!!! It was a lot of work but it is really cool making a hunk of junk from 1969 like new again. We now have two trucks in our fleet "Red" the original 1975 we started with & now "Blue" the restored 1969. These trucks are original ice cream trucks made by General Motors for Good Humor way back in the day. These trucks rolled off the assembly line with the bells & caution signs & everything already on them. Here are a few pictures of our fleet. If you want to see the progress of "Blue" and other pics check out my Photobucket page.
Saturday 4-24-2010 Last week we secured our health department permits for both trucks and our walk in freezer we purchased over the winter. We did get Machesney Park and Roscoe to allow street vendors too!! We have paid our permit fees in Loves Park, Machesney Park, and Roscoe. The ordinances restrict us from starting until May 1st, so we will be patiently waiting one more week. Remember if you see an ice cream truck and it is not a Kroozin Kooler call the police and report them. We have spent a lot of time and money to do this legally and we do not appreciate someone coming in and doing it illegally without even a health department permit.
