Thursday’s Hall County Board of Commissioners meeting will be the last one for Chairman Tom Oliver and District 4 Commissioner Ashley Bell. Both men, who lost re-election bids, are scheduled to be honored at a reception from 4-6 p.m. Thursday in the HR Training Room at the Hall County Government Center, 2875 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville. Former Hall County Sheriff Dick Mecum replaces Oliver, and Jeff Stowe succeeds Bell on Jan. 1.