The Red Terror Transit, Wolfline buses that take students to and from games, was almost canceled for the UNC-Chapel Hill game.

Invoices for this combined effort led by Student Government in collaboration with Athletics and the Wolfpack Club had not been paid as of Wednesday.

Student Body Treasurer Jason Smith, a freshman in management, is in charge of paying the invoices from bus service provider First Transit, which are several months overdue. But Smith said he never received them because Student Body President Bobby Mills had NCSU Transportation reroute all the invoices to a member in his executive cabinet.

“I talked to the director for First Transit,” Smith, said. “The invoices were not labeled to me or the treasury but to Bobby’s cabinet.”

Mills denied the claim, saying the invoices are sent to the treasurer’s office.

“I’ve never received any invoices throughout the year,” Mills, a junior in political science, said.

According to Mills, officials in First Transit told him Wednesday afternoon that Red Terror would not be able to run that day because of the overdue invoices.

But in an e-mail from Wolfline transit manager Starr Wimberly to Smith, Wimberly said Mills was informed of the problem Monday.

Smith said Mills is responsible for pooling money from Athletics and the Wolfpack Club to pay for the transit in addition to the money coming from Student Government’s line item.

“As it goes, historically, Bobby has not kept his side of the bargain,” Smith said.

Because Mills failed to do so, the Student Senate Finance Committee appropriated more money to the transit with promises from Mills that the money would come in, according to finance chairman Peter Barnes.

“There was a deficit at the beginning of the year,” Barnes, a freshman in forest management, said. “We reappropriated and rebudgeted. Bobby hasn’t been telling anyone that the bills have been coming in.”

Mills said by the time he found out about the problem, he thought that nothing could be done in time for the game.

“I thought it would be too late to have them charter the bus,” Mills said.

But he sent an e-mail to Ben Goldstein in First Transit at about 2 p.m. Wednesday, asking him to e-mail all the invoices to Smith. Smith said Mills copied him on the e-mail, but Mills had failed to mention anything about the cancelation for Wednesday’s game.

He said he found out when Mills text messaged Student Government adviser Anne Aichele at 4 p.m. that afternoon.

“My biggest concern is that I wasn’t notified sooner,” Smith said.

Smith and Barnes hurried to meet with Transportation and try to solve the dilemma, according to Barnes.

“There’s a clear breakdown between Bobby and the rest of Student Government,” Barnes said.

First Transit then decided to run Red Terror for the game after a verbal agreement from Smith and Barnes to have the invoices paid within two weeks, according to Smith.

Smith said there’s only so much pressure he can put on Mills to fundraise.

“Election season is coming up,” Smith said. “It seems like politicians forget that they’re not here to serve in future positions. They’re here to serve the students.”