A reworked three-year contract for full-time faculty members and some nonteaching professional staff has been approved by the Mohawk Valley Community College Board of Trustees.

The agreement passed by trustees Thursday is a modified version of one that was rejected by an Oneida County Board of Legislators committee in March 2011 ­— after it had been ratified by the MVCC Professional Association and the MVCC board. Proposed yearly pay increases were seen by some legislators as too much at the time, given the fiscal situation at the county. The county laid off approximately 70 people in its 2011 budget.

Also, some viewed these raises as potentially setting a pattern as the county negotiated with the four unions representing the vast majority of the county employees.

The message from legislators for MVCC and the association was to resume negotiations.

The revised contract going to the county for approval contains no retroactive pay increase for 2010-11, a 2.5 percent raise for the current school year and another 2.5 percent in 2012-13. The agreement covers about 245 people on the Utica and Rome campuses.

Raises are in addition to any promotional advancement such as moving from the rank of instructor to assistant professor.

Under the agreement, the minimum salary for an instructor is $40,145 for 2011-12. It would go up by slightly more than $1,000 in the new school year if the contract passes at the county level.

The agreement rejected by county lawmakers nearly 16 months ago contained raises of 3.9 percent for 2010-11, 2.25 percent in 2011-12 and 2.5 percent in 2012-13. The college said the settlement included concessions from the union that helped offset the salary increases and no increase in the county’s annual sponsor contribution was being requested.

County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. is expected to recommend that the legislature approve the new MVCC contract at its August meeting. Legislative approval is needed because the county is considered a co-employer of MVCC employees.

The new contract follows negotiations that occurred while the Professional Association sought redress of the March 2011 rejection through the state Public Employee Relations Board.

College spokesman Matthew Snyder said negotiations intensified in the last month or so, resulting in the agreement.

Union leadership could not be reached for comment.

The agreement comes as there’s a bid to unionize adjunct faculty and some other part-time positions.