The Dukes County Commission unanimously approved a new three-year contract with the Trustees of Reservations to manage Norton Point Beach this week, ending a recent disagreement over wages paid to beach workers.

The contract renewal had stalled because of a new county policy requiring all workers be paid a minimum of $15 an hour. The county has contracted with the Trustees for 10 years to manage the barrier beach that runs between Edgartown and Chappaquiddick.

Both sides came to terms this week, when the Trustees agreed to incrementally increase wages over the next three years. Under the contract approved at Wednesday’s county commission meeting, employees of the Trustees will be paid a minimum of $13 this summer, $14 next summer, and $15 in the summer of 2018.

“We think its a fair agreement, it provides something for the Trustees, and something for Dukes County,” said Chris Kennedy, superintendent for the Trustees properties on Martha’s Vineyard. “Three weeks ago, we had a fairly large chasm between the position of the trustees and the position of the county.”

County commissioner David Holway, who helped negotiate the contract, said agreement was reached within minutes of sitting down with Mr. Kennedy.

“When we met, Chris pointed out the fact that he had no problem with paying the temporary workers $15 an hour,” Mr. Holway said. “We moved back a couple of steps. It’s a victory not only for the employees in this contract, but other employees of the Trustees. I strongly urge the commissioners to approve this contract.”

Also Wednesday, the commission voted to amend the wage policy to reflect the contract with the Trustees.

In other business, Walter Vail, speaking for the county personnel committee, recommended placing the county manager on the standard classification and compensation schedule, and increasing her current contractual salary of $80,000, to $100,692, an increase of 26 per cent. Other than elected positions, the county manager is the only county employee not on the compensation plan. She works under the terms of a personal contract, negotiated before the compensation plan was adopted in 2014.

Commissioners voted to appoint a subcommittee to evaluate the recommendation, as well as salaries for a county treasurer and registrar of deeds in the event those jobs change from elected to appointed positions.