Layton City's budget in 1955: $156,000

                                                 Layton City Hall in 1955.
                                                                                       -Heritage Museum of Layton photograph.

LAYTON City's budget in 1955 was only $156,490.05
A break down of expenditures then was:
Administration: $10,550
Public safety: $3,150
Police Department: $9,750
Streets: $31,900
New roads: $7,500
Water and sewer operating fund: $27,706
New water and sewer lines: $49,196.55
Sewer and water retirement: $16,814.66