The Enoch Pratt Free Library got a slap on the wrist for failing to remit $29,213 in library fines and fees to the city, but otherwise was handed a clean bill of health by the City Auditor’s office.

The audit report, submitted to the Board of Estimates yesterday, provided some facts and figures about the operation of one of the country’s oldest free library systems.

Among them: the circulation of books and other materials in fiscal 2011 (1,247,485), reference questions handled and readers assisted (1,735,640), number of persons visiting the library and its branches (1.8 million), the number of users of the library’s web site (2.8 million), and the total number of book volumes (2,307,284).

In the upcoming fiscal year, the Pratt Library is set to receive $23.1 million in city funds, a small drop from 2012 funding, but fully $3.5 million under its “current level of service.”

As a result, hours at some branch libraries are expected to be reduced, starting after July 1.

In other news, the Board of Estimates, in a brief meeting, unanimously voted to approve these spending items:

• $1,846,500 loan to TRF Development Partners and TRF DP8 LLC to support a portion of the construction costs of seven new townhouses in the City Arts District. The townhouses, to be called City Arts Lofts, will be located near the City Arts Apartments on East Oliver Street.

• $1.3 million to BMC Services, Hawkeye Construction and Coldspring Co. for the city’s building weatherization program.

• $877,100 to JLN Construction for long-delayed renovations to Irvin Luckman Memorial Park off Cross Country Blvd. in Northwest Baltimore.

• $841,475 to Civil Construction for a fringe parking facility at 1100 James Street in Pigtown.

• $800,000 to Lorenz Lawn & Landscape for mowing services for the Recreation and Parks Department. This is an add-on to an approximately $1.3 million contract (the exact amount was not disclosed) for mowing services in 2010 and 2011.

• $250,000 to Living Classrooms to reimburse the foundation for costs related to the renovation of the former fire station at 316 South Caroline Street into a community center. Approval of this item was delayed for two weeks because of a protest by Westport residents.

• $231,189 to the quasi-public Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems (BSAS) to provide education, counseling, testing and referral for homeless persons. “Services will include sexual health presentations to accompany HIV testing and presentations on topics tailored to the needs of a specific audience or community,” according to the board’s agenda.

• $148,000 loan to Roberta’s House Inc. to raze four abandoned rowhouses on the 900 block of East North Ave. The non-profit plans to build a grief and bereavement center on the site, which will offer counseling services to children suffering from crime-related trauma and loss of family members and friends. The no-interest loan would be forgiven if the facility is finished within three years.