All work or other public improvement which is not to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessment or special taxation, and all purchases, orders, or contracts for supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services, except as otherwise provided herein, when the estimated cost thereof shall exceed $5,000, shall be purchased from the lowest responsible bidder, after due notice inviting bids, unless competitive bidding is waived by a vote of two-thirds of the Trustees then holding office.
(Prior Code, § 27-2)