Indiana Code Title 5. State and Local Administration § 5-28-9-13

Sec. 13. (a) The qualified entity may provide labor, equipment, and materials from any source at its disposal for such a program, and participation in accomplishment of the project or projects may be:

(b) When participation as described in this section is authorized, the participation must be under direction of the governing body, and when cash amounts are included in the qualified entity's share of total cost, the cost amounts shall be provided in the usual and accepted manner for the financing of the affairs of the qualified entity.  Costs of engineering and legal services to the borrower may be regarded as a part of the total cost of the project.