Utilities seem a little high but if it includes garbage and water that makes sense.

(A) A landlord who is a party to a rental agreement shall do all of the following:(1) Comply with the requirements of all applicable building, housing, health, and safety codes that materially affect health and safety;(2) Make all repairs and do whatever is reasonably necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition;(3) Keep all common areas of the premises in a safe and sanitary condition;(4) Maintain in good and safe working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning fixtures and appliances, and elevators, supplied or required to be supplied by the landlord;(5) When the landlord is a party to any rental agreements that cover four or more dwelling units in the same structure, provide and maintain appropriate receptacles for the removal of ashes, garbage, rubbish, and other waste incidental to the occupancy of a dwelling unit, and arrange for their removal;(6) Supply running water, reasonable amounts of hot water, and reasonable heat at all times, except where the building that includes the dwelling unit is not required by law to be equipped for that purpose, or the dwelling unit is so constructed that heat or hot water is generated by an installation within the exclusive control of the tenant and supplied by a direct public utility connection;(7) Not abuse the right of access conferred by division (B) of section 5321.05 of the Revised Code;(8) Except in the case of emergency or if it is impracticable to do so, give the tenant reasonable notice of the landlord's intent to enter and enter only at reasonable times.

It could be a scorned ex lover, a vagrant who took up residence in your tenants garbage can and was shooed off or even a parent who misses your tenant as a roommate. 

Utilities WaterUtilities ElectricityUtilities HeatUtilities Garbage & RecyclingSnow Removal (does it snow in Seattle??)

If a city where I own a rental property is proposing/implementing (true story) a garbage collection fee that will apply only to registered rental properties, that's not political, that a policy that needs to be discussed.By @Carl Mathis odd definition, we can't discuss policy, or perhaps we can if we don't say who introduced it?!? 

It was run down and never maintained except by renter.... they had to paint immediately upon leasing so it wouldn’t make sense to return something prestine that was garbage before.

Does this vehicle look like a home on wheels, with garbage bags filled with clothes, a crying baby and a cat in the back window?

I want to know about plumbing problems, but she calls me about things like the temperature of the water during different cycles in the coin washing machine, or another tenant putting her garbage can infront of her garage door, or that her gas bill seems high and I had to explain to her that it is not just the gas stove, but also her water heater.

Here are my thoughts,  nuisance code violations (garbage , debris, overgrown grass ect.) seem to be a quick fix for the investor, but also for the owner.

We also give them a one page of tips for keeping utility costs down, a one page sheet with all the contact info for utilities and garbage day, and all sheets and future correspondence have our contact info (several methods, different people like to communicate differently) for easy reference.