By Sara QuamThe city of Luverne is still working with a Canadian company to locate in Luverne.Since the company has only a six-month rental agreement, however, the city is hesitant to go through the process to apply for Job Opportunity Building Zones benefits. The state allows JOBZ tax breaks to be used for rental properties, but it is up to the city of Luverne to apply for them. ESecure America is renting a downtown office space for a starting point but hasn’t committed to more than six months. The city would have to apply to swap land from the current designated JOB Zones to downtown.The county and school would also have to sign off on the application.Luverne Economic Development Director Mike Engesser said, "The county and school would look at this with scrutiny."The LEDA Tuesday voted to send eSecure a letter saying that it will apply for JOBZ benefits and land swapping after the company is in town for the first six months. Besides the two owners, eSecure will probably have one employee."The level of commitment is what concerns me," LEDA member Nate Golla said. He said he’d be in favor of using JOBZ if Esecure was renting under a longer lease agreement.City Administrator Greg LaFond said, "We’re reluctant to extend lots of benefits to someone who’s made a short-term commitment to Luverne."The company designs and manufactures vending machine interfaces and their accompanying software.The most common use for eSecure is vending machines and food services. People who work for a large factory or hospital with a cafeteria, for example, can use the cards to deduct meal charges from their paychecks.The card and systems can also track what people buy in order to keep adequate supply inventories. Some businesses use eSecure to prevent employee theft when using supplies. Other uses include controlling access to items, protecting items, dispensing items in convenient locations, generating reports and audits, alerting companies when minimum levels are reached to avoid low stocks and tracking purchases of users by demographics.Call centerJOBZ was an enticing possibility for a company that wanted to expand its call center with a new 500-employee facility. Luverne was a finalist, but the company ultimately decided that filling 500 positions in a town with Luverne’s population (including the surrounding area) wouldn’t be ideal.It is instead looking at larger cities, some out of the state of Minnesota.