West Berkshire Council - which has been mixing its salt with sandgrit to try and extend supplies - sent trucks to Cheshire on Thursday to pick up salt supplies after deliveries failed to arrive.
He also said the government should consider mixing salt with grit or sand to make it go further, providing supplies to towns and villages so communities could "help themselves".
Many councils have warned that their stocks of grit are running low, with Scarborough Borough Council in North Yorkshire revealing it was using sand from the resort's beach to grit pavements in the town.
Limited stocks have prompted Scarborough Council to use sand from the town's beach to grit residential areas, after being told to reserve salt for priority routes.